Michael Bonner was a Jewish scholar of

Islamic studies Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam, and generally to academic multidisciplinary "studies" programs—programs similar to others that focus on the history, texts and theologies of other religious traditions, such as Easter ...

. Born in 1952, he died in May 2019. He received his PhD in Near Eastern Studies from

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in 1987. He was a professor of Medieval Islamic History at the

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

, where he served as chair of the department of Near Eastern Studies from 2010-2019. In addition to his monographs, he published dozens of scholarly articles and translations.Academia.edu
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Major works

*''Islam in the Middle Ages: The Origins and Shaping of Classical Islamic Civilization.'' With Jacob Lassner. Oxford: Praeger/ABC Clio, 2010.
/ref> *''Les Origines du jihâd''. Paris: Les Éditions du Téraèdre, 2004. **Appeared in English as ''Jihad in Islamic History: Doctrines and Practices''. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. **Translated into Italian as ''La jihad'', Rubbettino, 2008. *''Islam, Democracy and the State in Algeria: Lessons for the Western Mediterranean and Beyond''. Co-edited with Mark Tessler and Megan Reif. A special issue of Journal of North African Studies (2004), and a volume published by Routledge, 2005. *"Arab-Byzantine Relations". Vol. 8 of ''The Formation of the Classical Islamic World'', under general editorship of Lawrence I. Conrad. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate/Variorum, 2004. *''Poverty and Charity in Middle Eastern Contexts''. Co-edited with Amy Singer and Mine Ener. SUNY Press, 2003. *''Aristocratic Violence and Holy War: Studies on the Jihad and the Arab-Byzantine Frontier''. New Haven: American Oriental Society Monograph Series, 1996.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonner, Michael Non-Muslim scholars of Islam American Islamic studies scholars University of Michigan faculty Scholars of medieval Islamic history Jewish scholars of Islam 1952 births 2019 deaths