Studies in Islamic Traditions and Literature

1. "Muslim attitudes towards prostration (sujud). I. Arabs and prostration at the beginning of Islam and in the Qur'an" / 2. "Muslim attitudes towards prostration (sujud). II. The prominence and meaning of prostration in Muslim literature" / 3. "Traditions and controversies concerning the sujud al-Qur'an in ?adith literature" / 4. "The thanksgiving prostration (sujud al-shukr) in Muslim traditions" / 5. "Muslim Traditions against Secular Prostration and Inter-religious Polemic" / 6. "?adith and Muslim dietary norms: some traditions on the goodness of meat and the permissibility of horse meat" / 7. "'Two rivers are believers and two are disbelievers'. A sacred river geography in a saying attributed to Mu?ammad?" / 8. "Islamic traditions regarding the use of fabrics and clothing" / 9. "Inna Allah yubghi?u al-baligh min al-nas: a study of an early ?adith" / 10. "Methods and contexts in the use of Hadiths in classical tafsir literature: the exegesis of Q 21:85 and 17:1" / 11. "The staff of Moses transforming into a snake in Islamic exegesis and traditions" / 12. "Modern Islamic exegesis and the rejection of the Isra'iliyyat: the legends about the staff of Moses transforming into a snake" / 13. "At cock-crow: some Muslim traditions about the rooster" / 14. "'I just came to visit some relatives'. The wolf in Joseph's story" / 15. "Origin and use of the term isra'iliyyat in Muslim literature", in Arabica, 46 (1999), 193-210