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Just some articles on a range of topics for anyone who is interested. They are secular history, rather than theology, Islamic apologetics or anti-Islam polemics. Some articles may assume a degree of background knowledge, but most are pretty accessible .
I don't necessarily agree with all of the content of all of the articles, but they are all interesting for one reason or another.
Most are available freely, although a few require database access (might be able to 'find' them somewhere if anyone is particularly interested).
A Muslim response to Revisionist History (a good introduction)
The Shadow of the Scroll – Reconstructing Islam’s Origins - S. Rahim
http://nottinghilleditions.com/uploads/essaywinners/NHEessayRAHIM.pdf
Biography
What do we actually know about Mohammed? P. Crone
https://www.opendemocracy.net/faith-europe_islam/mohammed_3866.jsp
History and Heilsgeschichte in early Islam: Some observations on prophetic history and biography C. Robinson
http://chaserobinson.net/files/2014/03/HeilgeschichteMarch2014.pdf
“The Reign of God Has Come”: Eschatology and Empire in Late Antiquity and Early Islam – S. Shoemaker
https://www.academia.edu/7800509/_The_Reign_of_God_Has_Come_Eschatology_and_Empire_in_Late_Antiquity_and_Early_Islam
Writing the biography of the Prophet – R. Hoyland
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00395.x/abstract
Muḥammad’s night journey in its Palestinian context – a perfect solution to a forgotten problem (q 17:1)
https://www.academia.edu/17318352/Muḥammad_s_Night_Journey_in_its_Palestinian_Context_a_Perfect_Solution_to_a_Forgotten_Problem_Q_17_1_
Historical and literary analysis of the Quran
The Quran in its historical context - 1 & 2
https://serdargunes.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/the-quran-in-its-historical-context-gabriel-said-reynolds.pdf
Claude Gilliot, « Creation of a fixed text »
https://www.academia.edu/5251475/Claude_Gilliot_Creation_of_a_fixed_text_2006_G._3.100._How_the_Koran_has_been_made_a_fixed_text_
The Qur’ān(s) in Context(s)" T.Tesei
https://www.academia.edu/13381864/_The_Qur_ān_s_in_Context_s_._Lecture_given_at_the_Polonsky_Academy_for_Advanced_Studies_at_the_Van_Leer_Jerusalem_Institute_Jerusalem_July_23_2014
Traces of Bilingualism/Multilingualism in Qur'anic Arabic – G. Dye
https://www.academia.edu/4730102/Traces_of_Bilingualism_Multilingualism_in_Quranic_Arabic
The Qur'ān as the Voice of God- Gerhard H. Böwering
https://amphilsoc.org/sites/default/files/proceedings/470404.pdf
Qur'an and History – a Disputed Relationship. Some Reflections on Qur'anic History and History in the Qur'an
http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/jqs.2003.5.1.1
The Religion of the Qurʾānic Pagans: God and the Lesser Deities - P . Crone
https://www.hs.ias.edu/files/Crone_Articles/Crone_Quranic_Deities.pdf
A Messianic Controversy Behind the Making of Muḥammad as the Last Prophet? C Segovia
https://www.academia.edu/3372907/A_Messianic_Controversy_Behind_the_Making_of_Muḥammad_as_the_Last_Prophet_2015_Conference_Paper_-_Upcoming_Book_Chapter
The Syriac milieu of the Quran: The recasting of Biblical narratives
Witzum, Jospeh (Available via Proquest)
A Christian Qur’ān? A study in the Syriac background to the Language of the qur’ān as presented in the Work of Christoph Luxenberg – D. King
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/share/research/centres/clarc/jlarc/contents/King A Christian Qur'an.pdf
Quranic Furqān - Fred M. Donner
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/52/2/279.abstract
Christian stories in the the Quran
"The prophecy of Ḏū-l-Qarnayn (Q 18:83-102) and the Origins of the Qurʾānic Corpus" T. Tesei
https://www.academia.edu/10863446/_The_prophecy_of_Ḏū-l-Qarnayn_Q_18_83-102_and_the_Origins_of_the_Qurʾānic_Corpus_._Miscellanea_arabica_2013_2014_273-90
. Christian lore and the Arabic Qur’an: the “Companionsof the Cave” in Surat al-Kahf and in Syriac Christian tradition S Griffiths
. The Alexander Legend in the Qur’an 18:83–102 K. Van Bladel
Both in https://serdargunes.files.wordpress...-historical-context-gabriel-said-reynolds.pdf
Early non-Muslims Sources:
“Muḥammad, the Keys to Paradise, and the Doctrina Iacobi: A Late Antique Puzzle,” S. Anthony
https://www.academia.edu/3689606/_Muḥammad_the_Keys_to_Paradise_and_the_Doctrina_Iacobi_A_Late_Antique_Puzzle_Der_Islam_91.2_2014_243-265
New Documentary Texts and the Early Islamic State - Robert Hoyland
https://www.academia.edu/3430551/New_Documentary_Texts_and_the_Early_Islamic_State
Hijra/Muhajirun
First Century concept of Hijra – P. Crone
https://www.hs.ias.edu/files/Crone_Articles/Crone_First_Century_Concept_of_Higra.pdf
Muhājirūn as a Name for the First/Seventh Century Muslims I. Lindstedt
https://www.academia.edu/11682900/Muhājirūn_as_a_Name_for_the_First_Seventh_Century_Muslims_JNES_
Jewish Christianity and Islam
Jewish Christianity and Islamic Origins - G. Stroumsa
https://www.academia.edu/9997797/Jewish_Christianity_and_Islamic_Origins
Moses and the Holy Valley Ṭuwan: On the biblical and midrashic background of a qurʾānic scene Uri rubin
http://urirubin.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Tuwan.86132451.pdf
I don't necessarily agree with all of the content of all of the articles, but they are all interesting for one reason or another.
Most are available freely, although a few require database access (might be able to 'find' them somewhere if anyone is particularly interested).
A Muslim response to Revisionist History (a good introduction)
The Shadow of the Scroll – Reconstructing Islam’s Origins - S. Rahim
http://nottinghilleditions.com/uploads/essaywinners/NHEessayRAHIM.pdf
Biography
What do we actually know about Mohammed? P. Crone
https://www.opendemocracy.net/faith-europe_islam/mohammed_3866.jsp
History and Heilsgeschichte in early Islam: Some observations on prophetic history and biography C. Robinson
http://chaserobinson.net/files/2014/03/HeilgeschichteMarch2014.pdf
“The Reign of God Has Come”: Eschatology and Empire in Late Antiquity and Early Islam – S. Shoemaker
https://www.academia.edu/7800509/_The_Reign_of_God_Has_Come_Eschatology_and_Empire_in_Late_Antiquity_and_Early_Islam
Writing the biography of the Prophet – R. Hoyland
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00395.x/abstract
Muḥammad’s night journey in its Palestinian context – a perfect solution to a forgotten problem (q 17:1)
https://www.academia.edu/17318352/Muḥammad_s_Night_Journey_in_its_Palestinian_Context_a_Perfect_Solution_to_a_Forgotten_Problem_Q_17_1_
Historical and literary analysis of the Quran
The Quran in its historical context - 1 & 2
https://serdargunes.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/the-quran-in-its-historical-context-gabriel-said-reynolds.pdf
Claude Gilliot, « Creation of a fixed text »
https://www.academia.edu/5251475/Claude_Gilliot_Creation_of_a_fixed_text_2006_G._3.100._How_the_Koran_has_been_made_a_fixed_text_
The Qur’ān(s) in Context(s)" T.Tesei
https://www.academia.edu/13381864/_The_Qur_ān_s_in_Context_s_._Lecture_given_at_the_Polonsky_Academy_for_Advanced_Studies_at_the_Van_Leer_Jerusalem_Institute_Jerusalem_July_23_2014
Traces of Bilingualism/Multilingualism in Qur'anic Arabic – G. Dye
https://www.academia.edu/4730102/Traces_of_Bilingualism_Multilingualism_in_Quranic_Arabic
The Qur'ān as the Voice of God- Gerhard H. Böwering
https://amphilsoc.org/sites/default/files/proceedings/470404.pdf
Qur'an and History – a Disputed Relationship. Some Reflections on Qur'anic History and History in the Qur'an
http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/jqs.2003.5.1.1
The Religion of the Qurʾānic Pagans: God and the Lesser Deities - P . Crone
https://www.hs.ias.edu/files/Crone_Articles/Crone_Quranic_Deities.pdf
A Messianic Controversy Behind the Making of Muḥammad as the Last Prophet? C Segovia
https://www.academia.edu/3372907/A_Messianic_Controversy_Behind_the_Making_of_Muḥammad_as_the_Last_Prophet_2015_Conference_Paper_-_Upcoming_Book_Chapter
The Syriac milieu of the Quran: The recasting of Biblical narratives
Witzum, Jospeh (Available via Proquest)
A Christian Qur’ān? A study in the Syriac background to the Language of the qur’ān as presented in the Work of Christoph Luxenberg – D. King
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/share/research/centres/clarc/jlarc/contents/King A Christian Qur'an.pdf
Quranic Furqān - Fred M. Donner
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/52/2/279.abstract
Christian stories in the the Quran
"The prophecy of Ḏū-l-Qarnayn (Q 18:83-102) and the Origins of the Qurʾānic Corpus" T. Tesei
https://www.academia.edu/10863446/_The_prophecy_of_Ḏū-l-Qarnayn_Q_18_83-102_and_the_Origins_of_the_Qurʾānic_Corpus_._Miscellanea_arabica_2013_2014_273-90
. Christian lore and the Arabic Qur’an: the “Companionsof the Cave” in Surat al-Kahf and in Syriac Christian tradition S Griffiths
. The Alexander Legend in the Qur’an 18:83–102 K. Van Bladel
Both in https://serdargunes.files.wordpress...-historical-context-gabriel-said-reynolds.pdf
Early non-Muslims Sources:
“Muḥammad, the Keys to Paradise, and the Doctrina Iacobi: A Late Antique Puzzle,” S. Anthony
https://www.academia.edu/3689606/_Muḥammad_the_Keys_to_Paradise_and_the_Doctrina_Iacobi_A_Late_Antique_Puzzle_Der_Islam_91.2_2014_243-265
New Documentary Texts and the Early Islamic State - Robert Hoyland
https://www.academia.edu/3430551/New_Documentary_Texts_and_the_Early_Islamic_State
Hijra/Muhajirun
First Century concept of Hijra – P. Crone
https://www.hs.ias.edu/files/Crone_Articles/Crone_First_Century_Concept_of_Higra.pdf
Muhājirūn as a Name for the First/Seventh Century Muslims I. Lindstedt
https://www.academia.edu/11682900/Muhājirūn_as_a_Name_for_the_First_Seventh_Century_Muslims_JNES_
Jewish Christianity and Islam
Jewish Christianity and Islamic Origins - G. Stroumsa
https://www.academia.edu/9997797/Jewish_Christianity_and_Islamic_Origins
Moses and the Holy Valley Ṭuwan: On the biblical and midrashic background of a qurʾānic scene Uri rubin
http://urirubin.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Tuwan.86132451.pdf
