- Table of Contents (page 5)
- LIST OF MAPS (page 7)
- LIST OF TABLES (page 9)
- PREFACE (page 11)
- 1 INTRODUCTION: QUEST FORUNDERSTANDING (page 17)
- 2 DECONSTRUCTION: ?ROMANZHERESIOLOGY ANDNASOREANWAY (page 51)
- 3 CULTIC HISTORY: THEMES, NAMES,AND TERMS (page 83)
- 4 MIDIAN'S LEGACY: ALLEGORY ANDPROPHETS OF ARABIA (page 117)
- 5 ISLAMIC SCRIPTURE: TYPE, PURPOSE,AND DICTION (page 149)
- 6 EPILOGUE: BROTHERHOOD,MILITANCY, AND RELIGION (page 179)
- APPENDICES (page 195)
- Appendix A: ARAMAIC LANGUAGE AND SYRIACMYSTIQUE (page 196)
- Appendix B: ZOROASTRIANISM AND MONOTHEISM (page 200)
- Appendix C: IBN AL-NADÎM ON BAPTISMAL SECTS (page 205)
- Appendix D: APOCRYPHAL JEREMIAH (page 211)
- WORKS CITED (page 215)
- INDEX (page 231)