G. R. Hawting
Encyclopedia
Gerald R. Hawting is a noted British
Orientalist
scholar of Islam
. He is currently Emeritus Professor in the History of the Near and Middle East at the School of Oriental and African Studies
(SOAS), where he completed his education under Bernard Lewis
and John Wansbrough
, receiving his PhD
in 1978.
United Kingdom
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Orientalist
Oriental studies
Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies...
scholar of Islam
Islam
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. He is currently Emeritus Professor in the History of the Near and Middle East at the School of Oriental and African Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
(SOAS), where he completed his education under Bernard Lewis
Bernard Lewis
Bernard Lewis, FBA is a British-American historian, scholar in Oriental studies, and political commentator. He is the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University...
and John Wansbrough
John Wansbrough
John Edward Wansbrough was an American historian who taught at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies . Wansbrough's emphasis was on the critique of traditional accounts of the origins of Islam...
, receiving his PhD
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in 1978.
Works
- The First Dynasty of Islam (1986), translated two volumes in the Tabari Translation Project (vols. 17, 20), edited together with Abdul Kader Shereef,
- Approaches to the Quran, ed. (1993)
- The Idea of Idolatry and the Rise of Islam: From Polemic to History., 1999 Cambridge University Press
- "John Wansbrough, Islam, and monotheism". in Quest for the Historical MuhammadQuest for the Historical MuhammadThe Quest for the Historical Muhammad, edited by Ibn Warraq, is an anthology of 15 studies examining the origins of Islam and the Qur'an. The contributors argue that traditional Islamic accounts of its history and the origins of the Qur'an are fictitious and based on historical revisionism aimed at...
edited by Ibn WarraqIbn WarraqIbn Warraq is the pen name of a polemical author of Pakistani origin who is critical of Islam, and who founded the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society . He is a senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry focusing on Qur'anic criticism...
. - The Development of Islamic Ritual, ed. (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006) (The Formation of the Classical Islamic World, 26).