Prof. Uri Rubin's Web Site

Books

• Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia, Variorum Collected Studies Series, Ashgate, 2011. 
• Between Bible and Qur'an: the Children of Israel and the Islamic Self-Image. The Darwin Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1999.
• The Eye of the Beholder: the Life of Muhammad as Viewed by the Early Muslims (a Textual Analysis), The Darwin Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1995.

Translations

• The Qur’an: Hebrew translation from the Arabic, annotations, appendices and index, Tel Aviv, 2005.

Editing

• Uri Rubin (ed. and Introduction). The Life of Muhammad (The Formation of the Classical Islamic World: Vol. 4). Aldershot, 1998.
•  Uri Rubin and David J. Wasserstein (eds.). Dhimmis and Others: Jews and Christians and the World of Classical Islam. Israel Oriental Studies 17 (1997).

Articles

• “The Seal of the Prophets and the Finality of Prophecy,” Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (forthcoming).
• “’A day when heaven shall bring a manifest smoke’ (Q 44:10-11): A comparative study of the qurʾānic and post-qurʾānic image of the Muslim prophet.”, In Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort, Kees Versteegh and Joas Wagemakers (eds.), The Transmission and Dynamics of the Textual Sources of Islam: Essays in Honour of Harald Motzki, (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2011), pp. 251-78. Clickhere to read the article
• “Quraysh and their winter and summer journey: On the interpretation of Sura106”, in Uri Rubin,Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia, Variorum Collected Studies Series (Ashgate, 2011), no. XIII. Click here to read the article
• “Muhammad’s message in Mecca: warnings, signs, and miracles [The case of the splitting of the moon (Q 54:1-2)]”, in Jonathan E. Brockopp, ed, The Cambridge Companion to Muhammad (Cambridge, 2010), 39-60. Click here to read the article
• “On the Arabian Origins of the Qur'an: The Case of al-furqan”, Journal of Semitic Studies 54 (2009), 421-33.[Reprinted in: Uri Rubin, Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia, Variorum Collected Studies Series (Ashgate, 2011), no. XV] Click here to read the article
• “Between Arabia and the Holy Land: A Mecca-Jerusalem Axis of Sanctity”, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 34 (2008), 345-62. [Reprinted in: Uri Rubin, Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia, Variorum Collected Studies Series (Ashgate, 2011), no. XI] Click here to read the article.
• “Muhammad’s Night Journey (isra’) to al-Masjid al-Aqsa: Aspects of the Earliest Origins of the Islamic Sanctity of Jerusalem”, al-Qantara 29 (2008), 147-65.[Reprinted in: Uri Rubin, Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia, Variorum Collected Studies Series (Ashgate, 2011), no. VII] Click here to read the article
• "The Hands of Abu Lahab and the Gazelle of the Ka'ba", Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 33 (2007), 93-98.[Reprinted in: Uri Rubin, Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia, Variorum Collected Studies Series (Ashgate, 2011), no. XII] Click here to read the article.
• “Islamic Retellings of Biblical History”, in Y. Tzvi Langermann and Josef Stern (eds.), Adaptations and Innovations: Studies on the Interaction between Jewish and Islamic Thought and Literature from the Early Middle Ages to the Late Twentieth Century, Dedicated to Professor Joel L. Kraemer (Paris, 2007), 299-314.
• "Qur’an and Poetry: More Data Concerning the Qur’anic jizya Verse (`an yadin)," Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 31 (2006), 139-46. Click here to read the article.
• “Prophets and Prophethood”, in A. Rippin (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an (Blackwell Publishing, 2006), 234-47.
• “Muhammad the Exorcist: Aspects of Islamic-Jewish Polemics”. Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 30 (2005), 94-111.[Reprinted in: Uri Rubin, Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia, Variorum Collected Studies Series (Ashgate, 2011), no. V] Click here to read the article.
• “Prophetic Charisma in the Qur'an”, in Giovanni Filoramo (ed.), Carisma Profetico: Fattore di Innovazione Religiosa (Brescia, 2003), 175-90.
•  “Prophets and Caliphs: the Biblical Foundations of the Umayyad Authority,” in Herbert Berg, (ed.), Method and Theology in the Study of Islamic origins (Leiden, 2003), 73-99.
• “The life of Muhammad and the Quran: the case of Muhammad’s hijra.” Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 28 (2003), 40-64.[Reprinted in: Uri Rubin, Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia, Variorum Collected Studies Series (Ashgate, 2011), no. VIII] Click here to read the article.
• “Traditions in Transformation. The Ark of the Covenant and the Golden Calf in Biblical and Islamic Historiography,” Oriens 36 (2001), 196--214. Click here to read the article [jstor].
•  “The Direction of Prayer in Islam: On the History of a Conflict Between Rituals”, Historia 6 (2000), 5-29 (In Hebrew).
• “The life of Muhammad and the Islamic Self-Image”, in Harald Motzki (ed.), The Biography of Muhammad: the Issue of the Sources (Leiden, 2000), 3--17.
• “Apes, Pigs, and the Islamic Identity”, Israel Oriental Studies 17 (1997), 89--105.
• “Apocalypse and Authority in Islamic Tradition: The Emergence of the Twelve Leaders”, Al-Qantara 18 (1997), 11-42. Click here to read the article.
•  “Quran and Tafsir: The Case of ‘an yadin”, Der Islam 70 (1993), 133–144.
•  “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.
• “The Shrouded Messenger: On the Interpretation of al-Muzzammil and al-Muddaththir”, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 16 (1993), 96–107.[Reprinted in: Uri Rubin, Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia, Variorum Collected Studies Series (Ashgate, 2011), no. VI] Click here to read the article.
• “Iqra’ bi-smi rabbika…: Some Notes on the Interpretation of Surat al-‘Alaq”, Israel Oriental Studies 13 (1993), 213–230. Click here to read the article.
• “Al-walad li-l-firash: On the Islamic Campaign Against zina”, Studia Islamica 78 (1993), 5–26. Click here to read the article [jstor].
•  “The Assassination of Ka`b b. al-Ashraf”, Oriens 32 (1990), 65–71. Click here to read the article[jstor].
• “Ḥanifiyya and Ka`ba—An Inquiry into the Arabian Pre-Islamic Background of Din Ibrahim”, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 13 (1990), 85–112. Repr. in Peters (ed.), The Arabs and Arabia on the Eve of Islam, 267-94.[Reprinted in: Uri Rubin, Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia, Variorum Collected Studies Series (Ashgate, 2011), no. X] Click here to read the article.
• “Meccan Trade and Qur'ānic Exegesis (Qur'an 2:198)”, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 3 (1990), 421-428. Click here to read the article [jstor].
• “Muhammad's Curse of Muḍar and the Blockade of Mecca”, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 3 (1988), 249–264. Click here to read the article [jstor].
• “Morning and Evening Prayers in Early Islam”, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 10 (1987), 40–64.[Reprinted in: Uri Rubin, Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia, Variorum Collected Studies Series (Ashgate, 2011), no. XIV] Click here to read the article.
• “The Ka'ba: Aspects of its Ritual Functions”, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 8 (1986), 97–131. Click here to read the article.
•  “The ‘Constitution of Medina’: Some Notes”, Studia Islamica 62 (1985), 5–23. Click here to read the article [jstor].
•  “Al-Samad and the High God: An Interpretation of Sura CXII”, Der Islam 61 (1984), 197–217.
• “The Ilaf of Quraysh: A Study of Sura CVI”, Arabica 31 (1984), 165–188.
•  “Bara’a: A Study of Some Qur'anic Passages”, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 5 (1984), 13–31.
• “The Great Pilgrimage of Muhammad: Some Notes on Sura IX”, Journal of Semitic Studies 27 (1982), 241–260.
• “Prophets and Progenitors in the Early Shi'a Tradition”, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 1 (1979), 41–65. Click here to read the article.
• “Abu Lahab and Sura CXI”, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 42
  (1979), 13-28. Click here to read the article [jstor].
• “Pre-Existence and Light—Aspects of the Concept of Nur Muhammad”, Israel Oriental Studies 5 (1975), 62–119.[Reprinted in: Uri Rubin, Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia, Variorum Collected Studies Series (Ashgate, 2011), no. IV] Click here to read the article.

 Items in Encyclopaedias

The Encyclopaedia of Islam (Second Edition, E.J. Brill, Leiden)

• “Nur Muhammadi” (fascicule 131–32).
• “Sa‘a” (section 3).
• “Mala’” (Supplement volume).
• “Na`l Sharif” (Supplement volume).

The Encyclopaedia of Islam (Third Edition, E.J. Brill, Leiden)

• “Abdallah b. `Abd al-Muttalib”.
• “Abd al-Muttalib”.
• “Abraha” [Revised version in: Uri Rubin, Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia, Variorum Collected Studies Series (Ashgate, 2011), no. IX].
• “Abu Jahl”.
• “Abu Qubays”.
• “Abu Talib”.
• “Ahmad”.
• “Amina”.
• “Amr b. Luhayy”.
• “Aqil b. Abi Talib”.
• “Arafat”.
• “Budayl b. Warqa’”.
• “Children of Israel”.
• “Circumambulation”.

Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an (E.J. Brill, Leiden, 2001-2006)

• “Caravan” (vol. 1).
• “Children of Israel”(vol. 1).
• “Hafsa” (vol. 2).
• “Hanif” (vol. 2).
• “Ilaf“ (vol. 2).
• “Israel” (vol. 2).
• “Jews and Judaism” (vol. 3).
• “Muhammad” (vol. 3). [Revised version: Uri Rubin, Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia, Variorum Collected Studies Series (Ashgate, 2011), no. I].
• “Prophets and Prophethood” (vol. 4). [Revised version: Uri Rubin, Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia, Variorum Collected Studies Series (Ashgate, 2011), no. II].
• “Oft-repeated” (vol. 3).
• “Quraysh” (vol. 4).
• “Remnants” (vol. 4).
• “Races” (vol. 4)
• “Repentance” (vol. 4).
• “Sacred Precincts” (vol. 4, E.J. Brill, Leiden).
• “Vehicles” (vol. 5).

Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart, vierte Auflage, Tübingen (2003)

• “Medina”.
• “Muhammad”.
• “Prophets and Prophethood”.

Encyclopaedia Hebraica, 3rd supplement volume (1995) (in Hebrew)

• “Abraham”.
• “Islam”.
• “Muhammad”.
• “Qur’an”.

Other

• “Asnam”, The Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, Macmillan Reference USA (2003).