Recommended Readings & Audio Visual Titles

RECOMMENDED READINGS

Armstrong, Karen. A History of God: The 4,000-year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1993.

Berkey, Jonathan P. The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Fowden, Garth. Empire to Commonwealth: Consequences of Monotheism in Late Antiquity. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1993.

Goldstein, Jonathan. Peoples of an Almighty God: Competing Religions in the Ancient World. New York: Doubleday, 2002.

Morris, Benny. Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1998. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1999.

FILMS & VIDEOS

Access Islam: Video. Educational Broadcasting Corporation. Link to resource (accessed April 27, 2010).

Islam: Empires of Faith. Dir. Robert Gardner. Gardner Films production in association with PBS and Devillier Donegan Enterprises. Link to resource (accessed April 27, 2010).

Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet. 2002. Kikim Media & Unity Productions Foundation. PBS. Link to resource (accessed April 27, 2010).

Three Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam. Auteur Productions, Ltd. Link to resource (accessed April 27, 2010).

Online Resources

Fred M. Donner

Professor of Near Eastern History, University of Chicago
 

 

MAPS:

Ancient Palestine. Link to resource (accessed April 27, 2010).

Sunni-Shia Muslim Distribution Map. Link to resource (accessed April 27, 2010).