Narratives of Islamic Origins: The Beginnings of Islamic Historical Writing Book

	Preface
	Introduction	1
1	The Date of the Qur'anic Text	35
2	Early Islamic Piety	64
3	Styles of Legitimation in the Early Islamic Community of Believers	98
4	The Contours of the Early Islamic Historiographical Tradition	125
5	Themes of Prophecy	147
6	Themes of Community	160
7	Themes of Hegemony	174
8	Themes of Leadership	184
9	Authenticity, Transformation, and Selection of Historiographical Themes	203
10	Chronology and the Development of Chronological Schemes	230
11	Some Formal and Structural Characteristics of Early Islamic Historiography	255
12	Conclusions	275
	Epilogue: What Became of the Classical Historiographical Tradition?	291
	Appendix: Chronological List of Early Texts	297
	Bibliography and Abbreviations	307
	Index	345