1. Studies on Muhammad and the Rise of Islam: A Critical Survey / Ibn Warraq
2. Origins of Islam: A Critical Look at the Sources / Ibn Rawandi
3. Muhammad and the Origins of Islam / Ernest Renan
4. Koran and Tradition - How the Life of Muhammad Was Composed / Henri Lammens
5. Age of Muhammad and the Chronology of the Sira / Henri Lammens
6. Fatima and the Daughters of Muhammad / Henri Lammens
7. Matters of Principle Concerning Lammens' Sira Studies / C. H. Becker
8. Quest of the Historical Muhammad / Arthur Jeffery
9. Revaluation of Islamic Traditions / Joseph Schacht
10. Abraha and Muhammad: Some Observations Apropos of Chronology and Literary Topoi in the Early Arabic Historical Tradition / Lawrence L. Conrad
11. Function of asbab al-nuzul in Quranic Exegesis / Andrew Rippin
12. Methodological Approaches to Islamic Studies / J. Koren and Y. D. Nevo
13. Quest of the Historical Muhammad / F. E. Peters
14. Recovering Lost Texts: Some Methodological Issues / Lawrence L. Conrad
15. Implications of, and Opposition to, the Methods of John Wansbrough / Herbert Berg
16. John Wansbrough, Islam, and Monotheism / G. R. Hawting
Dramatis Personae: Explanatory List of Individuals and Tribes
Map of Western Asia and Arabia
Chronological Table and the Islamic Dynasties.
