Adam J. Silverstein teaches Islamic history at Shalem College and at Bar-Ilan University. Formerly the director of the Abrahamic Religions Program at King's College, London, Professor Silverstein has also been a lecturer in Near Eastern studies at Oxford University and a fellow of the university's Queens College.
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Does history matter? This book argues not that history matters, but that Islamic history does. This Very Short Introduction introduces the story of Islamic history; the controversies surrounding its study; and the significance that it holds—for Musl... SEE MORE