The Eye of the Beholder: The Life of Muhammad As Viewed by the Early Muslims : A Textual Analysis

by Uri Rubin

Academic study of hadith, Quran, and Tafsir. Rubin is an academic in the field of Islamic Studies.

Genres: Islam, History, Religion

289 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1995

About the author

Uri Rubin (Hebrew: אורי רובין) (1944 - 26 October 2021) was an Israeli academic who was a professor in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Tel Aviv University. His areas of research were early Islam (with special emphasis on the Qur'an), Qur'an exegesis (tafsir), and early Islamic tradition (sira and hadith). He authored a number of books on the subjects and also contributed entries to the Encyclopaedia of Islam and other works.

Rubin also served on the Advisory Board for the Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an.