FRANCIS E. PETERS Ph.D. 1967, Princeton Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and History Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies 50 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 tel: (212) 998-8895 fax: (212) 995-4689 e-mail: frank.peters@nyu.edu

I have been a member of the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies from its inception in 1967 and presently hold appointments in the Departments of History and Religious Studies as well. My training at St. Louis University and Princeton focused on Classics, philosophy, and Islamics. My present research and teaching interest is the comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, particularly the lives and work of Jesus and Muhammad, and Muslim Spain. I also regularly offer Greek reading courses in the New Testament and the Church Fathers.

• Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: The Classical Texts and Their Interpretations, 3 vols. (Princeton: Princeton University Press)
• Mecca and the Hijaz: A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994)
• The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994)
• Muhammad and the Origins of Islam (Albany: SUNY Press, 1994)
• Islam, A Guide for Jews and Christians (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003)
• The Monotheists: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Conflict and Competition (2 Volumes, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004)
• The Children of Abraham. A New Edition (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2005)
• The Voice, The Word, The Books. The Sacred Scripture of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims(Princeton and Oxford 2007) [American Association of Publishers 2007 Award: Best Book in Theology and Religion]

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