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Books

• Between Jerusalem and Mecca: Sanctity and Salvation in the Quran and the Islamic Tradition. Jerusalem 2019 (in Hebrew). בין ירושלים למכה: קדושה וגאולה בקוראן ובמסורת האסלאם. ירושלים 2019.
  
• The Quran: The Divine Voice Speaks to Muhammad the Messenger. Jerusalem 2019 [in Hebrew] הקוראן: דבר הקול האלוהי אל מוחמד השליח. ירושלים 2019.
• 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. New Edition. Tel Aviv 2016 - הקוראן בתרגום עברי: מהדורה חדשה, מעודכנת ומורחבת. תל אביב, 2016 http://www.taupress.tau.ac.il/index.php?cat=3&name=all&book=1015&state=2&nav=1
• The Qur’an: Hebrew Translation from the Arabic, Annotations, Appendices and Index, Tel Aviv, 2005 -- הקוראן: תרגום מערבית עם הערות, נספחים ומפתחות, תל אביב, 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

Hebrew

'מוחמד מול ישוע: עיון בכתובת הפסיפס של כיפת הסלע', בתוך: איתן קולברג ומיכל בירן (עורכים), עיונים בערבית ובאסלאם : דברים שנאמרו ביום עיון לכבוד פרופסור יוחנן פרידמן בהגיעו לגבורות, האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים, ירושלים תשפ"א, עמ' 1--10. 

'הארץ המובטחת ואחרית הימים בקוראן ובמסורת האסלאם', בתוך: יורם ארדר, אלינער ברקת, מאירה פוליאק (עורכים), יד משה: מחקרים לזכרו של משה גיל, תעודה כ"ט תשע"ח (2018), עמ' 329--351.

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'בין מכה וירושלים: על מקורותיה הקדומים של קדושת ירושלים באסלאם' קשת החדשה 19(2007), עמ' 102--111.

'לשאלת אחדותו של הקוראן', בתוך: עיונים באסלאם הקדום: דברים שנאמרו ביום עיון לכבוד מאיר י' קיסטר במלאת לו תשעים שנה. האקדמיה הלאומית למדעים, ירושלים, תשס"ה (2005), עמ' 72--85.

 'ארץ-ישראל ובני-ישראל במקורות האסלאם', קשת החדשה 2 (2002), עמ' 106--113.

 '"הנה נבקע הירח" (קוראן סורה 54 פס' 1--2): לגלגוליה של דמות מוחמד בין הקוראן והמסורת החוץ-קוראנית', בתוך:  שרה קליין-ברסלבי, בנימין אברהמוב, יוסף סדן (עורכים), מנחה למיכאל: מחקרים בהגות יהודית ומוסלמית מוקדשים לפרופסור מיכאל שורץ (תל אביב, 1999), עמ' 141--157.

English

• “‘Become you apes, repelled!’ (Quran 7:166): The transformation of the Israelites into apes and its biblical and midrashic background”, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 78, 1 (2015), 25–40. Click here to read the article.

• “More light on Muhammad’s pre-existence: qurʾanic and post-qurʾanic perspectives”, in Andrew Rippin and Roberto Tottoli, eds., Books and written culture of the Islamic world: studies presented to Claude Gilliot on the occasion of his 75th birthday, Brill, Islamic History and Civilization 113 (Leiden, Boston, 2015), pp. 288-311. Click here to read the article.

• “Moses and the Holy Valley Tuwan: On the biblical and midrashic background of a qurʾanic scene”, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 73/1 (2014), 73-81. Click here to read the article.

• “The Seal of the Prophets and the Finality of Prophecy,” Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 164/1 (2014), 65-96. Click here to read the article.

•  “‘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. Click here to read the article.

• “Quraysh and their winter and summer journey: On the interpretation of Sura 106”, 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 Quran: 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), 299-313. Click here to read the article.

•   “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 Quran (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 Quran”, in Giovanni Filoramo (ed.), Carisma Profetico: Fattore di Innovazione Religiosa (Brescia, 2003), 175-90. Click here to read the article.

•  “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. Click here to read the article.

•   “The life of Muhammad and the Qur'an: 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.

•   “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:  A Comparative Analysis of an Episode in the Campaigns of Badr and al-Ḥudaybiya”, 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. Click here to read the article

•  “Apocalypse and Authority in Islamic Tradition: The Emergence of the Twelve Leaders”, Al-Qantara 18 (1997), 11-42.

•  “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.

•  “Al-Walad li-l-Firash: On the Islamic Campaign against Zina”, Studia Islamica 78 (1993), 5-26.

•  “The Assassination of Ka`b b. al-Ashraf”, Oriens 32 (1990), 65-71.

• “Hanifiyya and Ka`ba: An Inquiry into the Arabian Pre-Islamic Background of Din Ibrahim”, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 13 (1990), 85–112. [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.

• “Muhammad's Curse of Mudar and the Blockade of Mecca”, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient  3 (1988), 249-264.

• “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.

•  “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.Click here to read the article

• “The Great Pilgrimage of Muhammad: Some Notes on Sura IX”, Journal of Semitic Studies 27 (1982), 241–260. Click here to read the article

• “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 .

• “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” [and see 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).