This important work is a source-critical study of a group of traditions (aḥādīth) found in Ibn Isḥāq's Biography (Sīra) of the prophet Muḥammad, widely considered one of the most important early historical texts on the Prophet's life. Through a meticulous isnād-cum-matn analysis, the author reveals that Ibn Isḥāq relied on Muḥammad b. Abī Muḥammad, a hitherto undocumented source of his. Important new light is also shed on problems with Ibn Hishām’s recension of Ibn Isḥāq’s Sīra.

This work is volume 1 of Boaz Cohen’s collected articles, with a new introduction by rabbinics scholar Natalie B. Dohrmann.

The Chronicle of Zuqnin is a universal history beginning with the Creation according to the biblical account and ending with the time of the Chronicler, the years 775-776 AD. The author is most probably Joshua the Stylite, a contemporary of the Caliphs al-Mansur and al-Mahdi, who lived in the monastery of Zuqnin that was located near Amid, the Diar-Bakr of modern Turkey. Parts I and II contain compiled sources some of which survived only in this Chronicle. Sources include the Bible, Cave of Treasures, the Sleepers of Ephesus, Eusebius of Caesarea, Socrates, and the short Chronicle called Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite that deals with Sassanian-Byzantine warfare at the begging of the 6th century. Parts III and IV cover the years 488 and 775 AD. In this volume, Parts I and II, including the author’s dedicatory letter, are now published in an updated edition of the Syriac text and the first English translation.

Muslims, Jews and Pagans examines in much detail the available source material on the 'Āliya area south of Medina on the eve of Islam and at the time of the Prophet Muḥammad. It provides part of the necessary background for the study of the Prophet's history by utilizing in addition to the Prophet's biographies, various texts about the history, geography and inhabitants of this area.

The historic American Journal of Ancient History. This volume contains 6 articles: Peter Green, 'Caesar and Alexander: Aemulatio, Imitatio, Comparatio', Phyllis Culham, 'The Delian League: Bicameral or Unicameral?', J.M. Bigwood, 'Ctesias' Description of Babylon', T.D. Barnes, 'Emperor and Bishops, A.D. 324-244: Some Problems', Duncan Fishwick, 'Claudius Submersus', Marleen Boudreau Flory, 'Family in Familia: Kinship and Community in Slavery'.

The historic American Journal of Ancient History. This volume contains 7 articles: E.M. Wightman, 'Peasants and Potentates: An Investigation of Social Structure and Land Tenure in Roman Gaul', G.L. Snider, 'Hesiod's Sailing Season (W & D 663-665)', Larissa Bonfante, 'Historical Art: Etruscan and Early Roman', T.P. Wiseman, 'Flavians on the Capitol', P. Harding, 'O Androtion, You Fool!', J.R. Melville-Jones, 'The Value of Gold at Athens in 329/8 BC', K.R. Walters, 'Diodorus 11.82-84 and the Second Battle of Tanagra'.