SOAS Research Online

Authored Books

Webb, Peter, Montgomery, James and Bowen Savant, Sarah (translator) (2017) The Excellence of the Arabs by Ibn Qutaybah By Ibn Qutaybah. New York, NY: New York Univeristy Press. (Library of Arabic Literature)

Webb, Peter (2016) Imagining the Arabs: Arab Identity and the Rise of Islam. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Book Chapters

Webb, Peter (2016) 'Muhammad und die jāhiliyya.' In: Schmidt, Nora, Schmid, Nora K. and Neuwirth, Angelika, (eds.), Denkraum Spätantike. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 447-466.

Webb, Peter (2013) 'The Hajj before Muhammad: Journeys to Mecca in Muslim Narratives of Pre-Islamic History.' In: Porter, Venetia, (ed.), Hajj: Collected Essays. London: British Museum Press, pp. 6-14.

Webb, Peter (2013) 'Poetry and the Early Islamic Historical Tradition: Poetry and narratives of the Battle of Ṣiffīn.' In: Kennedy, Hugh, (ed.), Poetry and Warfare in Middle Eastern Literatures. London: IB Tauris, pp. 119-144.

Journal Article

Webb, Peter (2015) 'Pre-Islamic al-Shām in Classical Arabic Literature: Spatial narratives and history-telling.' Studia Islamica, 110 (2). pp. 135-164.

Webb, Peter (2014) 'Al-Jāhiliyya: Uncertain Times of Uncertain Meanings.' Der Islam, 91 (1). pp. 69-94.

Webb, Peter (2012) 'The Familiar and the Fantastic in Narratives of Muhammad's Ascension to the Heavenly Spheres.' Middle Eastern Literatures, 15 (3). pp. 240-256.

Webb, Peter (2012) ''Foreign books' in Arabic literature: discourses on books, knowledge and ethnicity in the writings of al-Jāḥiẓ.' Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, 12 (2). pp. 16-55.

Book Reviews

Webb, Peter (2016) 'Review of Konrad Hirschler, 'Medieval Damascus: Plurality and Diversity in an Arabic Library', Edinburgh University Press, 2016.' The Times Literary Supplement (31 August).

Webb, Peter (2015) 'Review of Aziz al-Azmeh: The Emergence of Islam in Late Antiquity.' al-Usur al-Wusta, 23 (1). pp. 149-153.

Webb, Peter (2015) 'Review of Robert Hoyland: In God's Path.' The Times Literary Supplement . pp. 24-25.

Webb, Peter (2013) 'Review of Geert Jan van Gelder, 'Classical Arabic Literature'.' The Times Literary Supplement .

Webb, Peter (2013) 'Review of Malcolm Lyons, 'The Man of Wiles in Popular Arabic Literature'.' The Times Literary Supplement .

Webb, Peter (2012) '“Islam’s Real Origins?” Review of Tom Holland, In the Shadow of the Sword.' Evening Standard .