Rebecca Williams

Department of History

Biography

Ibn Kathīr and the Transformation of the Islamic Intellectual Tradition (manuscript in preparation).
Muḥammad and the Supernatural: Medieval Arab Views. London and New York: Routledge, 2013. Paperback edition, 2015.

“Compilation of the Qur’an under the Caliph ʿUthman,” “Constitution of Medina,” “The Establishment of the Caliphate,” and “Muhammad and the Foundation of Islam” in Great Events in Religion: An Encyclopedia of Religious Events in History. Ed. Florin Curta and Andrew Holt. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. (2016)
“Tabari,” Oxford Bibliographies Online – Islamic Studies. Editor-in-chief, Andrew Rippin. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
“Miracles (Medieval),” “Modern biography (English),” and “Jinn” in Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God. Ed. Coeli Fitzpatrick and Adam Walker. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2014.
“Ibn Kathīr.” The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. John L. Esposito, editor-in-chief. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.