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From Back cover: Ignaz Goldziher (1850-1921), a Hungarian scholar, was recognized as one of the outstanding European Islamicists of his time. Presented here for the first time in a scholarly and accurate English translation are six lectures he originally had planned to deliver in America in 1906. Although the lectures he were never given, they were published in the original German in 1910and were translated into many European languages. Since then, this classic work has served as an essential guide for serious students and scholars of Islam. Based almost entirely on the primary sources, the lectures are devoted to the following aspect of Muslim religion and culture: Mohammed and the Qur’an; the holy law of Islam; the principles of Muslim theology; asceticism and Sufism; Islamic sects; and developments in modern times. In an introduction Bernard Lewis discusses the lectures as a product of their time. Supplementary notes have been provided to correct or clarify the authors remarks in light of more recent research. Bernard Lewis is Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, and Andras Hamori is associate Professor of Near Eastern studies at Princeton university. Ruth Hamori holds a master’s degree in Near Eastern studies from Harvard University.
