Joseph Schacht
Joseph Schacht (1902–1969) was professor of Arabic and Islam at Columbia University in New York. He was the leading Western scholar on Islamic law, whose Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence (1950) is still considered one of the most important works ever written on the subject, essential for all advanced studies. The author of many articles in the various editions of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, Schacht also edited The Legacy of Islam for Oxford University Press. Other books include An Introduction to Islamic Law (1964).
Some of his work is published in the book Quest for the Historical Muhammad edited by Ibn Warraq.
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1902 births | 1969 deaths | Orientalists | Islamic scholars | Historiographers of Islam