General index
The index omits the Arabic definite article al-. The words that appear very often in the book (e.g., âChristiansâ) are not included in the index.
Ê¿AbbÄsid(s)
35â37, 198, 277, 300, 309
Ê¿AbdallÄh ibn Ubayy
267
Ê¿Abd al-Malik
18, 21â22, 32, 300
Ê¿Abd al-Muá¹á¹alib
140â142
Abraha
76â77, 100â102, 240
Abraham
41, 135â138, 140, 150â154, 160â164, 173, 219, 222, 231, 234n, 254, 256, 261â262, 274, 276, 291
Abū ʿUbayd
197n, 198â204
Abyssinia(ns)
74â76, 99
see also Ethiopia
ʿAdī ibn Zayd
113â117, 130n, 131, 147, 157
Aksum
6, 99
Ê¿AlÄ« (ibn AbÄ« ṬÄlib)
141, 192, 268
AllÄt
124, 126, 187, 188n, 194
Almaqah
66â67
alms
73n, 154, 159, 207â208, 227, 256, 308n, 313
Ambrosiaster
87
Ê¿Amr ibn al-Ê¿Äá¹£
192, 267â268
Ê¿Amr ibn Umayya
193, 268
Anastasius of Sinai
282n, 297, 319
Ancient North Arabian
44â46, 65, 123
Ancient South Arabian
12, 44â45, 65, 98, 105, 178
apocalyptic
see eschatology
Aramaic
XIII, 12, 44â45, 48â50, 52, 57â59, 61â62, 66, 68, 71n, 73n, 97â98, 105, 123, 125â127, 139, 151, 155, 177n, 181n, 208
Arius
90â91
Armenian Chronicle of 661
273â278, 281â283, 291
AÊ¿shÄ
111, 114n, 116â117, 209, 247â248, 270
Ê¿Athtar
66
Azraqī
114
Babylonia
56, 68, 137, 182, 222, 280
BalÄdhurÄ«
191â194, 293â294
Bar Kokhba
55, 82
Bedouin
2, 49n, 51
see also nomad(s)
Bible
XIII, 9n, 17n, 33â34, 36, 41, 55, 57â58, 68, 90, 120, 133, 135â137, 140, 152n, 153n, 159, 162, 172â173, 177â179, 182, 184, 215n, 221, 223n, 226n, 228â230, 238, 246â247, 280
Byzantine (Empire)
6, 38, 75, 77, 79, 88, 92, 94, 99, 104, 107, 113, 121â123, 245, 262n, 278, 289n, 299, 308â309
carrion
79, 84â86, 248â250, 253, 257, 274
Chalcedon
82n, 91â92, 95n, 99, 119, 240, 242, 244n, 301, 319n
child(ren)
59, 137n, 200, 214â215, 219, 225, 229, 254, 274, 279, 291, 292n
Christology, Christological debates
15, 26, 79, 82, 87, 90â96, 100â101, 103n, 119, 232, 235, 237â244, 269, 287, 306
circumcision
57, 68, 80, 87, 130, 134, 150, 161, 230â231, 290
âConstitutionâ (of Medina)
7â8, 20n, 40, 62, 78, 145â146, 149, 167, 187n, 197â206, 211â212, 217, 223n, 227, 229, 231, 245, 247â249, 258, 266, 270â271, 275, 278n, 290â291, 293, 313, 318, 322
covenant(al)
55n, 161, 187n, 218, 226â227, 231
Dadan (al-Ê¿UlÄ)
4n, 59, 314
Damascus
33, 302
DhÅ« al-SharÄ
124
Diatessaron
247
dīn
154, 156â163, 169, 171â172, 186, 188â189, 213, 218, 249â256, 260, 271, 312â313
Doctrina Iacobi
275â277, 279, 283
Dome of the Rock
210, 278, 282, 302, 306, 310â311, 324
DÅ«ma (al-Jawf)
4, 109
Ebionite(s)
86â87, 91, 241, 244
Elkesaites
86, 88, 239
Ella Aá¹£bÉḥa
99
Ephrem
178n, 277
Epiphanius
87, 91
eschatology (incl. apocalyptic)
6, 79â80, 148, 150, 156, 159, 166â172, 195â196, 216
eschatology (cont.)
234, 236, 261â266, 271, 276â280, 283, 294, 322â323
Ethiopia(ns), Ethiopic
17, 46, 52, 58, 65â66, 73â77, 96â102, 116, 137â139, 147, 166n, 187, 190â195, 212, 240, 260, 267â269
Evangelion
223, 233, 235, 246
fitna
33, 37, 193, 215
GhassÄnid(s)
94, 102â108, 112â113, 133, 304, 321
God-fearer(s)
70, 133â135, 185, 200, 204, 267, 287, 324
Gospel(s)
15, 80, 83, 136n, 145, 155, 161n, 225, 238, 246â247
Greek
7â8, 44, 49, 52, 57â58, 65n, 68â69, 72, 83â84, 88, 92n, 95â97, 99n, 100, 102â103, 106, 108, 113, 120, 122, 137n, 139, 209, 242, 247, 275, 289n, 291, 300, 308
Hagar
137, 140n
HamdÄnÄ«
48
ḥanīf
116, 140, 150â153, 155â156, 159â160, 162, 164, 192, 256, 261, 271
Hebrew
44, 52, 55, 57â59, 62n, 66, 68â69, 71n, 72n, 137, 151, 182, 226n, 230, 277, 280, 314â315
Hegra (MadÄʾin á¹¢Äliḥ)
4n, 59â60, 108
henotheism, henotheist(s)
67, 122, 128, 130, 133, 142, 144, 178, 186, 188, 194â195, 262, 264n
Heraclius
92n, 212, 274
ḤijÄz
4n, 7, 17, 21, 53, 57, 60, 78, 105, 111, 117, 118n, 146, 187n, 242, 297, 317
hijra
40â41, 187, 190â194, 197, 211â212
Ḥimyar
6, 46n, 57, 64â73, 75n, 76â78, 96â101
Ḥīra
96n, 106, 113, 157
HishÄm ibn al-KalbÄ«
3, 38, 140, 143
HishÄm ibn Ê¿Urwa
33â34
Hudhayl
24
hypocrites (munÄfiqÅ«n)
213â215, 250, 267, 323
Ibn HishÄm
36, 136, 140â141, 192â193, 198â204, 251n, 266â269, 284
Ibn IsḥÄq
34â38, 198â199
Ibn ShihÄb al-ZuhrÄ«
33â34, 37
idol(s), idolater(s), idolatry
2â3, 25, 38â39, 84â86, 104, 117n, 127â129, 134, 138, 140, 142â144, 146, 174â185, 189, 191, 216, 218, 248, 250, 253, 257â258, 260â261, 274, 280
illiteracy, illiterate
21â22, 49n, 50n, 90â91, 151
Ishmael
135â140, 154, 162â163, 222, 256, 262, 274, 278â279, 281
Ishoʿyahb III
283n, 286â288, 319
islÄm
156n, 159, 163â166, 188, 193, 219, 249â256, 271, 310â311, 313
isnÄd
32â33
JaÊ¿far (ibn AbÄ« ṬÄlib)
192, 268â269
jÄhilÄ«, jÄhiliyya
23â24, 25n, 111, 123n, 128, 140
Jerome
87
Jerusalem
6n, 55, 82, 95n, 113n, 120, 137n, 167â168, 182, 274, 278, 280â281, 285n, 290â291, 300â301, 303, 305â306, 323â324
Jewish Christian(s)
81, 87, 180n, 239â240, 242, 245n
jihÄd
212, 214
jizya
213, 307, 314
John bar Penkaye
275, 283n, 285n, 288â291
John of Damascus
88, 239
John of Ephesus
96
Jordan
45, 50n, 68, 125, 262n, 298, 300, 311â312, 315
Josephus
137
Jubilees
56n, 58, 137â138
Justinian
121
Kaʿba
3, 25n, 119, 131, 135, 140â142, 154, 190, 210
Karaite(s)
56, 292
Kathisma (Church)
210, 281n, 301â302, 323
KhansÄʾ
26n, 295
Khosrow
77
Kinda
42, 47, 74, 116
Lakhmid(s)
103n, 104, 106â107, 113, 133
Latin
44, 83â84, 121, 127, 138
literacy, literate
11, 21â22, 50n, 247n
Maʿadd
42, 53, 76n, 101n, 136
MÄlik ibn Anas
34
MaÊ¿mar ibn RÄshid
37
ManÄt(Å«)
127, 188, 194
Manṣūr
35
Mar Aba
240, 244n
Marcion
221â222
Maʾrib
47, 71, 100, 101n
Mary (the mother of Jesus)
91, 170, 173, 180, 192, 233â236, 238n, 240n, 242, 281n, 303
Mary the Copt
266
maysir
112, 216, 258â260
Maximus
278n, 291
milla
153, 160â163, 220, 255â256, 261
miaphysite(s)
88, 91â92, 94, 96, 99, 103, 107, 119, 242, 244, 287, 289
Moses
54n, 84, 155, 173, 176, 179, 181, 214â215, 228, 231, 236n, 237, 240n, 245, 268, 274
MuÊ¿Äwiya
288â289, 303
Mukhayrīq
267
Nabataea(n)
XIII, 4n, 12, 22n, 43, 45, 48â50, 59â61, 70n, 97â98, 105, 123, 125â127, 137, 316
NÄbigha
111â114, 117, 130n, 156n
Negus
73, 99â100, 191â194, 267â268
Nicaea
82, 91, 232n, 237, 240
Noah
66, 121, 154n, 173, 188, 222, 261
nomad(s)
42, 49n, 51, 65, 74, 101, 102n, 104n, 133, 139, 144, 164, 214, 262n, 306n
Origen
265
Paul
79â81, 136n, 137n, 138n, 149, 150n, 162n, 168, 195, 234n, 237, 244n, 245n, 246, 265, 320n
Philostorgius
96
polytheism, polytheist(s)
3, 25, 39, 64n, 66, 122n, 123â124, 127â129, 131â132, 140, 142â144, 146, 184â185, 188, 191â192, 194, 268
Palestine
44n, 55â56, 68â69, 78, 167â168, 260n, 274, 277n, 278, 284n, 291, 298â300, 305, 306n
Persia(n)
6, 8, 36n, 37, 41, 49, 52, 55, 77, 104n, 106â107, 125, 137â138, 156, 166â168, 170, 172n, 212, 286â288, 305, 308
Piacenza Pilgrim
127â128, 146
pilgrimage
70, 113â115, 123, 127â128, 131â132, 141, 146, 153, 154n, 162n, 207, 210, 250, 278, 281n, 297, 305, 307
pork
79, 86, 130, 250, 253, 257, 258n, 261n, 293
Procopius
93â94
Pseudo-Clementine (literature)
84â86, 89n, 90, 91n, 137â138, 165, 222, 237, 241, 258, 260
qitÄl
212â214
Quraysh
140, 187, 198â199, 268, 282n
Qurayáºa
269
rabbi(s), rabbinic
54n, 55â56, 60, 68â69, 77, 82n, 138n, 145, 182â183, 226, 261, 265â267, 277â283, 290â291, 319, 324
Ramaá¸Än
210, 285n
Ramla bint AbÄ« SufyÄn
193
RayḥÄna bint ShamÊ¿Å«n
266
rite(s), ritual(s)
25, 39, 55n, 70, 111, 114, 117n, 123, 128, 143n, 154n, 206â211, 260, 262n, 270, 281n, 285n, 297, 306, 310, 318â319
Rome, Roman(s)
13, 41, 43â44, 55, 65, 88â89, 94, 97â98, 104â106, 113n, 125, 133, 134n, 166â168, 170â172, 242, 274, 278â280, 288
Ruá¸Ä
124
Ruqayya
192
Ruá¹£Äfa
107, 304
Sabaic
XIII, 46â48, 52, 57, 64â65, 67â70, 73n, 76â77, 97n, 100â101, 119, 127, 134n, 139, 147, 181n, 315
Sabbath
57, 80, 84, 87, 183, 227â228, 230â231, 267
Safaitic
XIII, 7n, 12â13, 22n, 44â45, 49â50, 104, 123â127, 129â130, 142n, 188n, 262n
Ṣafiyya bint Ḥuyayy
266
Samawʾal (ibn Ê¿ÄdiyÄʾ)
62â64
á¹¢anÊ¿Äʾ
69, 100, 294
Saracens
41, 44, 103, 128, 138, 276â277, 319
Secrets of Rabbi ShimÊ¿Ån
277â283, 285n, 286n, 290â291, 324
Shams
66
shirk
185, 190, 216
Sinai
43, 137n, 231, 319
Sozomen
130, 134n, 138, 261n
Syria
22â23, 45, 50n, 89, 92, 125, 146, 188, 242n, 244n, 262n, 277, 286, 288â289, 296, 298, 304, 311
Syriac
X, 7â8, 17, 44, 57â58, 73, 83, 85, 88â89
Syriac (cont.)
92n, 96â97, 102â103, 136n, 137â138, 145, 147, 151â153, 155â156, 159n, 160â162, 178n, 242, 247, 284â286, 288, 290, 296, 303, 306n, 318
Tabūk
4n
Talmud
XIII, 56, 59n, 68
Tanūkh
51n, 102, 296
Ṭarafa
128â129
TaymÄʾ
4n, 44â45, 52, 60
á¹ayyÄyÄ
44, 103, 287, 290n, 306n
Ṭayyiʾ
42, 44, 290n, 306n
Theos Hypsistos
122, 129
Temple (Mount)
54â55, 59n, 80â82, 182â184, 210, 230, 265n, 278, 281â282, 290, 305â306, 324
Tertullian
221, 223, 245
Torah
55n, 26, 64, 68, 79â80, 89n, 134, 155, 156n, 223, 226â227, 230, 234â235, 240
Ê¿UbaydallÄh ibn Jaḥsh
192â193, 195
Ubayy ibn Kaʿb
266, 267n
Ê¿UkÄáº
298
Ê¿Umar
199, 278, 281, 292, 294, 297, 303, 312
Umayya ibn Abī al-Ṣalt
24, 25n
Umayyad(s)
22n, 32â33, 36, 56, 132n, 192, 198, 277n, 300â302, 304, 309
ummī
150â155, 161, 222
Umm JadhÄyidh
4n, 108
Umm Salama
192
Ê¿Urwa ibn al-Zubayr
32â34, 41n, 187n, 191
Ê¿UthmÄn
16, 192, 267
Ê¿UzzÄ
126, 128n, 187, 194
Valentinus
90, 221
Wadd
66, 128n, 188, 311
WÄqidÄ«
37â38, 267n
Waraqa ibn al-Nawfal
190
war(fare)
XI, 42n, 55, 71â78, 82, 102, 104n, 116, 125, 130n, 133, 161, 166â168, 170â172, 195, 202â204, 212â214, 216â217, 234n, 259n, 263, 268, 289n, 293n, 322
wine
3, 85â86, 184n, 193, 257â259, 274
woman, women
74, 137n, 156n, 214, 247n, 297, 308
Yarmūk
194
Yazīd I
315â316
Yemen(ite)
17, 37, 43, 46n, 47â48, 53, 57, 62, 64â70, 72â78, 96â102, 116, 119, 135, 139n, 178, 240, 315
YÅ«nus ibn Bukayr
36
Zabīdī
114
áºafÄr
68, 74, 96
Zamzam
140â142
Zubayr (ibn al-Ê¿AwwÄm)
193
Zuhrī
See Ibn ShihÄb al-ZuhrÄ«