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Frank Griffel. Al-Ghazālī’s Philosophical Theology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. xiii + 408 pages, timetable, endnotes, bibliography, indexes. Cloth US$74 ISBN 978-0-19-533162-2.

Wael B. Hallaq. An Introduction to Islamic Law. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. vii + 200 pages, glossary, chronology, suggested further reading, index. Paper US$31.99 ISBN 978-0-521-67873-5.

Esther Hertzog, Orit Abuhav, Harvey E. Goldberg, And Emanuel Marx, Eds. Perspectives on Israeli Anthropology. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2010. xi+752 pages. Paper US$45 ISBN 978-0-8143-3050-0.

Konrad Hirschler. Medieval Arabic Historiography: Authors as Actors. New York: Routledge, 2006. iii-x + 181 pages, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth US$160 ISBN 968-0-415-38377-6.

Roy Jackson. Fifty Key Figures in Islam. London: Routledge Key Guides, 2006. xvi+ 261 pages. Paper US$26.95 ISBN 978-0415354684-4.

R. Kevin Jaques. Authority, Conflict, and the Transmission of Diversity in Medieval Islamic Law. Leiden: Brill, 2006. xix + 299 pages, figures, tables, bibliography, index. Cloth US$147.00 ISBN: 90-04-14745-4.

P. K. Kumaraswamy, ED. Caught in Crossfire: Civilians in Conflicts in the Middle East. Reading, UK: Ithaca Press, 2008. 236 pages, chronology, index. Paper US$34.50 ISBN: 978-0-86372-334-6.

Robert D. Lee. Religion and Politics in the Middle East: Identity, Ideology, Institutions, and Attitudes. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2009. xi + 352 pages, tables, endnotes, glossary, bibliography, index. Paper US$35 ISBN: 978-0-8133-4420-1.

Ariel Lewin. The Archaeology of Ancient Judah and Palestine. With Sandu Mendrea, Dinu Mendrea, and Radu Mendrea (Photographers). Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005. 204 pages, maps, bibliography, index. Cloth US$39.95 ISBN 0-8923-6800-4.

Shari L. Lowin. The Making of a Forefather: Abraham in Islamic and Jewish Exegetical Narratives. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2006. xvi + 308 pages, appendices, bibliography, index. Cloth US$130 / €100 ISBN 9004152261.

Muhammad Khalid Masud, Rudolph Peters and David S. Powers, Eds. Dispensing Justice in Islam: Qadis and their Judgments. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2006. xiv + 591 pages, bibliography, index. Cloth US$195 ISBN 9004140670.

Kathryn A. Miller. Guardians of Islam: Religious Authority and Muslim Communities of Late Medieval Islam. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. xv + 276 pages, notes, selected bibliography, index. Cloth US$45 ISBN 978-0-231-13612-9.

Khaleel Mohammed and Andrew Rippin, Eds. Coming to Terms with the Qur’an: A Volume in Honor of Professor Issa Boullata.North Haledon, N.J.: Islamic Publications International, 2008. xxiii + 358 pages, index, Qur’anic verses index. Paper US$29.95 ISBN 978-1-889999-47-0.

Sheila Paine. Embroidery from Afghanistan. Fabric Folios Series. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2006. 88 pages, photographs, map, glossary, index. Paper US$22.50 ISBN 0-295-98661-1.

David S. Powers. Muhammad Is Not the Father of Any of Your Men: The Making of the Last Prophet. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009. xvi+357 pages, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth US$55 ISBN 978-0-8122-4178-5.

Uri Ram. The Globalization of Israel: McWorld in Tel Aviv, Jihad in Jerusalem. New York, London: Routledge, 2008. xi+290 pages, endnotes, bibliography, index. Paper US$31.95 ISBN 978-0-415-95304-7.

Nerina Rustomji. The Garden and the Fire: Heaven and Hell in islamic Culture. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. xxiv + 201 pages, 13 b&w illustrations, endnotes, glossary, bibliography, index. Cloth US$50 ISBN 978-0-231-14084-3.

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