Rubin Uri, Dept. of Arabic language and Literature



Major publications (books and major articles):


*Books*
Published:
The Eye of the Beholder: The Life of Muhammad as Viewed by the Early Muslims (a Textual Analysis), Princeton, New Jersey, 1995 (289 pp.).
In Preparation:
Between Bible and Quran: The Children of Israel and the Islamic Historical Self-Image. (ca. 270 pp.).

*Articles*
1. "Pre-Existence and Light", Israel Oriental Studies 5 (1975), 62-119.

2. "Prophets and Progenitors in the Early Shi'a Tradition", Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 1 (1979), 41-65.

3. "Abu Lahab and Sura CXI", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 42 (1979), 13-28.

4. "The Great Pilgrimage of Muhammad: Some Notes on Sura IX", Journal of Semitic Studies 27 (1982), 241-260.

5. "Bara'a: A Study of Some Quranic Passages", Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 5 (1984), 13-31.

6. "The ilaf of Quraysh: A Study of Sura CVI", Arabica 31 (1984), 165-188.

7. "Al-Samad and the High God: An Interpretation of Sura CXII", Der Islam 61 (1984), 197-217.

8. "The 'Constitution of Medina': Some Notes", Studia Islamica 62 (1985), 5-23.

9. "The Ka'ba: Aspects of its Ritual Functions in Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Times", Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 8 (1986), 97-131.

10. "Morning and Evening Prayers in Early Islam", Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 10 (1987), 40-64.

11. "Muhammad's Curse of Mudar and the Boycott of Mecca", Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 31 (1988), 249-264.

12. "Hanifiyya and Ka'ba: An Inquiry into the Arabian Pre-Islamic Background of Din Ibrahim", Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 13 (1990), 85-112.

13. "The Assassination of Ka'b b. al-Ashraf", Oriens 32 (1990), 65-71.

14. "Meccan Trade and Qur'anic Exegesis (Qur'an 2:198)", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 53 (1990), 421-428.

15. "Exegesis and Hadith: The Case of the Seven Mathani", in G. R. Hawting and A. A. Shareef (eds.), Approaches to the Qur'an (London and New York, 1993), 141-56.

16. "The Shrouded Messenger: On the Interpretation of al-Muzzammil and al-Muddaththir", Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 16 (1993), 96-107.

17. "Iqra' bi-smi rabbika...: Some Notes on the Interpretation of Surat al-'Alaq", Israel Oriental Studies 13 (1993), 213-230.

18. "Quran and tafsir: The Case of 'an yadin", Der Islam 70 (1993), 133-144.

19. "Al-walad li-l-firash: On the Islamic Campaign Against zina", Studia Islamica 78 (1993), 5-26.

20. "Apocalypse and Authority in Islamic Tradition: the Emergence of the Twelve Leaders", al-Qantara 17 (1996), 381-411.

21. "Apes, Pigs, and the Islamic Identity", Israel Oriental Studies 17 (1997) (forthcoming).

Areas of current research interest:


Early Islam, with special emphasis on Quran, Quran
exegesis (tafsir), and early Islamic tradition (sira and hadith).
Teaches currently the following courses in the Department of Arabic:
1. Quran and Quran exegesis (tutorial).
2. The Children of Israel in Islamic tradition (seminar).
3. The life of Muhammad as reflected in early Islamic tradition (seminar).

Additional points of contact (office/home telephone,fax,etc.):


Phone: 03-5288775 (home); 6408640 (work).
Mailing address: Department of Arabic, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.

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