HISTORY & TEXTUAL ANALYSIS Essays engaged in the praxis of Islamic Studies, including historical and textual analyses. Who is “Ishaq b. Kharashah”? Solving an Isnad Mystery The Arab Destruction of Persian Books: An Analysis of a Popular Myth The Arab Destruction of the Great Library of Alexandria: An Analysis of a Another Popular Myth The First Caliph Who Translated Foreign Knowledge: Analysing an Early Arabic Tradition The Hadith of the Cloak: A Critical Analysis “The Quran was revealed in Three Places”: A Critical Analysis of a Hadith about the Holy Land Was Muhammad Originally Named “Qutham”? Resolving an Old Debate “Common Links” as the Creators of Hadith: A Case Study of a Syrian Prophecy about the Antichrist A Famous Report About Pious Fabrication in Hadith A Summary of Early Sunni Hadith Criticism The Genealogy of Early Sunni Hadith Criticism The Origins of Early Sunni Hadith Criticism, Part 1: The Traditional Narratives The Origins of Early Sunni Hadith Criticism, Part 2: The Modern Debate Evidence for the Origins of Sunni Hadith Criticism? A Diachronic Study of 1,000+ Hadith-Transmitter Judgements Fred Donner, Pan-Abrahamitic Islam, and an Early Arabic Inscription about Muhammad
