This book reconstructs the role of midwives in medieval to early modern Islamic history through a careful reading of a wide range of classical and medieval Arabic sources. The author casts the midwife's social status in premodern Islam as a privileged position from which she cou…
Arab Christians and the Qurʼan from the Origins of Islam to the Medieval Period is a collection of essays on the use and interpretation of the Qur'an by Christians writing in Arabic in the period of Islamic rule in the Middle East up to the end of the thirteenth century. These e…
L'islam apparut dans une Arabie peuplée de divinités et de djinns, auxquels les devins, poètes et guérisseurs avaient recours pour infléchir le destin des hommes. À partir du VIIIe siècle, une forme de magie savante, inspirée des héritages mésopotamiens, grecs, et indiens suscit…