The Biography of Muḥammad The Issue of the Sources

Harald Motzki, Ph.D. (1978) in Islamic Studies, University of Bonn, habilitation (1989), University of Hamburg, is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Nijmegen (the Netherlands). He has published extensively on Islamic social, legal and religious history.

'"An important contribution to the ongoing debate over the quest for the historical Muhammad. Highly recommended to all college and university libraries as well as those public libraries collecting in the history of religion"' M. Swartz, "Choice", October 2000. '"These ten essays, each authored by an established expert in the field, represent original research based on the Arabic sources and are painstakingly detailed and meticulous Highly recommended to all college and university libraries."' "Choice", 2000. '"This is an important book and deserves careful reading and assessment by scholars of early Islam "' David Waines, "Journal of Semitic Studies". '" editor Motzki and his fellow contributors have charted a trajectory for future scholarly inquiry that promises to be highly rewarding".' Asma Afsaruddin, "Journal of American Oriental Society", 2001.