Islamic Studies Collection 2.0

Jan Krohn

The current Islamic Studies Collection is quite dated and lags behind modern scholarship. I've compiled a list of books that would be interesting from a Christian perspective. Many of these are out of print, and insanely expensive, as they are highly sought after by Christian apologists to Islam, as well as ex-Muslims. If they were available through Logos, they would likely still be expensive, but could be made available to a much broader audience.

1. Islam's most trusted sources
From Dar-us-salam Publications (https://dar-us-salam.com/):
a. Hadith Sahih Al-Bukhari (9 Volumes)
b. Hadith Sahih Muslim (7 Volumes)
c. Hadith Sunan Abu Dawud (7 Volumes)
d. Tafsir Ibn Kathir (10 Volumes)
Other:
e. Ibn Ishaq, The Life of Muhammad, Oxford University Press https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/0196360331
f. History of al-Tabari, Suny Press (40 Volumes) http://www.sunypress.edu/p-4511-set-history-of-al-tabari.aspx
g. Reliance of the Traveller, http://www.catheyallison.com/Reliance_of_the_Traveller.pdf

2. Modern commentary
a. The Study Quran, Harper One, https://www.amazon.com/Study-Quran-New-Translation-Commentary/dp/0061125873

3. Modern critical resources from Christian and secular perspectives
a. Robert Hoyland, Seeing Islam as Others Saw It, https://www.amazon.com/-/de/gp/product/B00IK9CWBI (1st edition!!! The most controversial material is removed from 2nd edition.)
b. Tom Holland, In the Shadow of the Sword, https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B005IEGKMA
c. Daniel Brubaker, Corrections in Early Quran Manuscripts, https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1949123057
d. Dan Gibson, Early Islamic Qiblas, https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1927581222
e. Dan Gibson, Quranic Geography, https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/0973364289
f. Robert Spencer, The History of Jihad, https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B07D6X3TRT
g. Ibn Warraq, The Quest for the Hisorical Muhammad, https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B004X65YVC
h. Patricia Crone, Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam, https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B00HE0ZXL0
i. Patricia Crone, Hagarism, https://www.amazon.com/Hagarism-Making-Islamic-Patricia-Crone/dp/0521297540
j. Judith Koren, Yehuda Nevo, Crossroads to Islam, https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1591020832
k. Shady Nasser, Transmission of the Variant Readings of the Quran, https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/9004240810
l. Karl-Heinz Ohlig, Early Islam, https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/161614825X
m. Harl-Heinz Ohlig, The Hidden Origins of Islam, https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1591026342
n. John Wansbrough, Quranic Studies, https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1591022010

Nick Steffen

Excellent list!

Jan Krohn

3o. Angelika Neuwirth, Scripture, Poetry, and the Making of a Community (2015) and The Qur'an and Late Antiquity: A Shared Heritage (2019)

Jan Krohn

3p. Robert Spencer, The Critical Quran, https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Critical-Quran/Robert-Spencer/9781642939491

Joshua Ganz

Would love to see this in a Logos Package!

Jan Krohn

3q. Christoph Luxenberg, The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran: A Contribution to the Decoding of the Language of the Koran (2007)

Jan Krohn

3r. Gunter Luling, Challenge to Islam for Reformation: The Rediscovery and reliable Reconstruction of a comprehensive pre-Islamic Christian Hymnal hidden in the Koran under earliest Islamic Reinterpretations (2003)

Unknown

I really would love to see this as a Package; an Interlinear Quran would also be nice