Böcker av Michael Lecker

The 'Constitution of Medina' is probably the first legal document of Muhammad and dates back to the first year after his hijra (622 CE), or "emigration", which brought him from his hometown Mecca to the cluster of towns known as Yathrib or Medina in the Hijaz (northern Arabia) and marked the beginning of the Islamic era. Muslim historians and jurists have been familiar with this important document for centuries, and aware of its legal and theological implications for Islamic law. It was first brought to the attention of scholars in the West at the end of the 19th century by Wellhausen, who accepted it as an authentic document from the time of the Prophet. Since then, such leading orientalists as Goldziher, Gil, Serjeant, Goto, U. Rubin and J. B. Simonsen have studied various aspects of it. This monograph offers an edited translation and interpretation of the earliest and most important document from the time of Muhammad. Lecker's focus is on the Jewish tribes, the Treaty of the Mu'minun and the Treaty of the Jews..

This volume includes twenty articles published between 1994 and 2020 on the subject of Muhammad and the history of early Islam, covered in five sections: Arabia on the Eve of Islam, Müammad at Medina, Müammad and the Jews, Müammad ibn Is¿¿q and the s¿ra and Studies on Early Islamic Literature.

Muslims, Jews and Pagans examines in much detail the available source material on the 'Aliya area south of Medina on the eve of Islam and at the time of the Prophet Muhammad.

The articles in this volume provide a background to the study of pre- and early Islamic history. The studies are based on a wide range of sources, but often focus on illuminating particular accounts which are analyzed and placed in their historical context.