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Encyclopedia > Francis Edwards Peters

Francis Edward Peters is Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, History, and Religion at New York University. The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ...


Works (selection)

  • The Quest of the Historical Muhammad
  • Greek philosophical terms; a historical lexicon, F. E. Peters, New York University Press, New York (1967)
  • Aristotle and the Arabs; the Aristotelian tradition in Islam, F. E. Peters, New York University Press, New York (1968)
  • Aristoteles Arabus. The oriental translations and commentaries of the Aristotelian Corpus, F. E. Peters, E. J. Brill, Leiden (1968)
  • Harvest of Hellenism; a history of the Near East from Alexander the Great to the triumph of Christianity, F. E. Peters, Simon and Schuster, New York, ISBN 0-671-20658-3 (1971)
  • Allah's Commonwealth; a history of Islam in the Near East, 600-1100 A.D., F. E. Peters, Simon and Schuster, New York, ISBN 0-671-21564-7 (1973)
  • Ours, the making and unmaking of a Jesuit, F. E. Peters, Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England; New York, N.Y., ISBN 0-14-006317-X (1982)
  • Jerusalem: holy city/holy places, F. E. Peters, New York University, Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York, N.Y. (1983)
  • Jerusalem: the holy city in the eyes of chroniclers, visitors, pilgrims, and prophets from the days of Abraham to the beginnings of modern times, F. E. Peters, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ISBN 0-691-07300-7 (1985)
  • Distant shrine: the Islamic centuries in Jerusalem, F. E. Peters, AMS Press, New York, ISBN 0-404-61629-1 (1993)
  • Hajj: the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and the holy places, F.E. Peters, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ISBN 0-691-02120-1 (1994)
  • Jerusalem and Mecca: the typology of the holy city in the Near East, F. E. Peters, New York University Press, New York, ISBN 0-8147-6598-X (1986)
  • Arabs and Arabia on the eve of Islam, edited by F. E. Peters, Aldershot, Brookfield, Vt., ISBN 0-86078-702-8 (1999)
  • Reader on classical Islam, edited by F. E. Peters, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ISBN 0-691-03394-3 (1994) [1]
  • Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: The Classical Texts and Their Interpretation, Volume I: From Covenant to Community, F. E. Peters, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ISBN 0-691-02044-2 (1990)
  • Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: The Classical Texts and Their Interpretation, Volume II: The Word and the Law and the People of God, F. E. Peters, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ISBN 0-691-02054-X (1990)
  • Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: The Classical Texts and Their Interpretation, Volume III: The Works of the Spirit, F. E. Peters, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ISBN 0-691-02055-8 (1990)
  • Muhammad and the Origins of Islam (book), F. E. Peters, State University of New York Press, Albany, ISBN 0-7914-1875-8 (1994)
  • Mecca: a literary history of the Muslim Holy Land, F. E. Peters, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ISBN 0-691-03267-X (1994)
  • The Monotheists: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Conflict and Competition, Volume I: The Peoples of God, F. E. Peters, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ISBN 0-691-11460-9 (1994)
  • The Monotheists: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Conflict and Competition, Volume II: The Words and Will of God, F. E. Peters, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ISBN 0-691-11461-7 (1994)
  • Judaism, Christianity and Islam: the monotheists, F. E. Peters, Recorded Books, Prince Frederick, MD, ISBN 1-4025-3900-2 (2003)
  • Islam, a guide for Jews and Christians, F. E. Peters, (2003)
  • Jerusalem: the contested city, Frank E. Peters, Recorded Books, Prince Frederick, MD, ISBN 1-4025-3909-6 (2003)
  • Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, F. E. Peters, ; with a foreword by John L. Esposito, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ISBN 0-691-07267-1 (2004) [2]
  • F. E. Peter's entry with the Library of Congress catalogue

The Quest of the Historical Muhammad is often referenced essay by Francis Edwards Peters, written in August 1991,International Journal of Middle East Studies. ... Muhammad and the Origins of Islam is a book about Islam by F. E. Peters. ... John Louis Esposito (born 19 May 1940, Brooklyn, New York City) is a professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University. ... The Great Hall interior. ...

See also

Islamic scholars are Muslim and non-Muslim scholars who work in one or more fields of Islamic studies. ...

External links

  • pupress.princeton.edu
  • search.barnesandnoble.com


 
 

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