Jihad: The Origin of Holy War in Islam
"Reuven Firestone has produced a book that should have been produced a long ago"--Journal of Near Eastern Studies"In this book, Firestone had presented an attractive thsis which very much deserves to be read and debated by all who are interested in the subject."--The Muslim World"Firestone has done an admirable thing: he has written a brief, readable, carefully delineated, and scholarly study of a concept that is often bandied about in discussions of Islamic thought without reference to historical development or context."--Journal of Near Eastern Studies