Introduction to Islam for Jews

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part 1. A Survey of Islamic History

Chapter 1. Why an Introduction to Islam Specifically for Jews?

Chapter 2. Arabs and Israelites

Chapter 3. Pre-Islamic Origins

Chapter 4. The Emergence of Islam

Chapter 5. Muhammad and the Jews of Medina

Chapter 6. The Death of the Prophet and the Expansion of the Community

Chapter 7. The Conquests

Chapter 8. The Caliphal Dynasties

Chapter 9. The Decline of the Muslim World

Part 2. God, The Qur'an, and Islamic Law

Chapter 10. God

Chapter 11. The Five Doctrines or "Pillars of Faith"

Chapter 12. The Evolution of a Formal Theology

Chapter 13. The Qur'an

Chapter 14. The Interpretive Tradition

Chapter 15. The Prophetic Record

Chapter 16. Islamic Law

Chapter 17. The Workings of Shari'a

Part 3. The Umma: Islam in Practice

Chapter 18. The Umma and The Caliphate

Chapter 19. The Five Pillars of Islam

Chapter 20. A Sixth Pillar? Jihad

Chapter 21. The Range of Practice among Muslims

Chapter 22. Sufism

Chapter 23. The Shi'a

Chapter 24. Mosque and Clergy

Chapter 25. The Calendar

Chapter 26. The Muslim Life-Cycle

Chapter 27. Personal Observance

Epilogue

Endnotes

Appendix. Islam and Judaism: Some Related Religious Terminology

Glossary

Bibliography

Scriptural Index: Verses from the Qur'an and the Bible

Subject Index