Uri Rubin ( he, אורי רובין; 1944 – 26 October 2021) was an Israeli academic who was a professor in the Department of

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. His areas of research were early Islam (with special emphasis on the ''

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''), ''Qur'an'' exegesis (

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), and early Islamic tradition ( sira and

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). He authored a number of books on the subjects, and also contributed entries to the ''

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'' and other works. Rubin also served on the Advisory Board for the ''

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''.

Books

* ''The Eye of the Beholder: The Life of Muhammad as Viewed by the Early Muslims (A Textual Analysis)''. Princeton, New Jersey: The Darwin Press, 1995. * ''Between Bible and Qur'an: The Children of Israel and the Islamic Self-Image''. Princeton, New Jersey: The Darwin Press, 1999. * ''Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia''. Variorum Collected Studies Series, Ashgate, 2011.''Muhammad the Prophet and Arabia'', Variorum Collected Studies Series, Ashgate, 2011.
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References

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