William A. Graham is an influential and pioneering scholar of Islamic Studies at Harvard University. This volume brings together seventeen contributions to the study of the Qur'an and Islam, all influenced by his work.

Part I: Textual Studies on the Quran 1. The Written Torah and the Oral Qur'an in Pagan Mecca: Towards a New Reading of Q 6:91 2. Qur'anic Anosmia 3. Mimesis and the Representation of Reality in the Qur'an 4. The Masjid in the Qur'an Part II: Qur'an as Scripture 5. The Canonizations of the Qur¿an: Political Decrees or Community Practices? 6. Principles of Qur'anic Exegesis and Quranic Revelation in "Seven Ways of Reading": Revelation, Exegesis, the Religious Imaginaire, and Apologetics in Islam 7. The Word of God in the Bible and the Qur'an 8. Al-Maturidi (d. 333/944), Early Sunni Exegesis, and Mütazilism: Sura 67 and the Five Principles of Sunni Exegesis 9. The Ginans: Betwixt Satpanthi Scripture and "Ismaili" Devotional Literature 10. The Holy Qur'an Part III: The "Islamic" in Islamic History 11. Does Pre-modern Islamic Thought Allow for a Secular Realm? 12. The Present Absentee: The Prophet Muhammad in Jerusalem 13. And Muhammad Is His Messenger: The Role of Sunna and Hadith in the Formation of Islamic Identity 14. Crisis and Caliphate in the Spring of 865 15. People Versus Books Part IV: William A. Graham as Colleague and Administrator 16. Fifty Years as Colleagues: Pilgrims' Progress 17. William A. Graham's Approach to Comparative Religion as Scholar, Teacher, and Administrator