Ebook: Seeing Islam as others saw it: a survey and evaluation of Christian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian writings on early Islam

The historical background -- The nature of the sources -- Greek sources -- West Syrian, Coptic and Armenian sources -- East Syrian sources -- Latin sources -- Jewish, Persian and Chinese sources -- Apocalypses and visions -- Martyrologies -- Chronicles and histories -- Apologies and disputations -- Non-Muslim conceptions of Islam -- Using Non-Muslim sources: an empirical approach -- Using Non-Muslim sources: an argumentative approach -- Excurses. The Canons and Resolutions of Jacob of Edessa The Byzantine-Arab Chronicle of 741 and Its Eastern Source ; An Outline of the Syriac Common Source ; The Passion of David of Dwin ; Georgian Historical Writing ; Dated Arabic Writings, AH 1-135/622-752.