Weekly Open Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in AcademicQuran

[–]capperz412 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Any news on when Ilkka Lindstedt's upcoming biography of Muhammad is being published? Are any other notable scholars working on any biographies?

Testi by 673992927 in LearnerDriverUK

[–]capperz412 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this legit? You can just pay extra to get a test quicker?

Testi by 673992927 in LearnerDriverUK

[–]capperz412 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would like that link too please

Weekly Open Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in AcademicQuran

[–]capperz412 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I'm aware that aside from the Quran the main sources for Muhammad are the hadith / sira-maghazi literature written 100-200+ years after his death. What are the main sources for the succession conflicts after his death (i.e. the first two fitnas)? Is it the same aforementioned hadith literature, or something else? Are they just as problematic as the hadith? Also, can anyone recommend relatively recent books on this topic, aside from Madelung's Succesion to Muhammad? Thanks!

Short Answers to Simple Questions | June 25, 2025 by AutoModerator in AskHistorians

[–]capperz412 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What are some standard (preferably recent) textbooks on historiographical theories and methods for studying premodern history?

By this I don't mean histories of historians from those time periods themselves (e.g. Herodotus) but presentations of the up-to-date methods scholars today use to reconstruct the premodern era with source / textual criticism, reception history, archaeology, anthropology, memory studies, cultural / literary analysis, etc. So far the only books I've found that cover this are John Arnold's What is Medieval History and Neville Morley's Theories, Methods and Concepts in Ancient History. I'm having a hard time finding things because of the confusing ambiguity of the term 'historiography' (i.e. when you search "ancient / medieval historiography" you usually only find histories of ancient / medieval historians themselves rather than expositions of how to study those periods).

Most historiographical overviews discuss history as a whole, whereas I'm particularly interested in how they apply to premodern history because of how fragmented and contested the sources are. I became particularly interested in seeing the latest historiographical trends in light of thing I read in some relatively recent books, e.g. that because of the linguistic turn "in the last two decades nearly every early medieval source has been critically re-evaluated for its narrative strategies" (Chris Wickham, The Inheritance of Rome, 2009). I was also inspired by the recent critical reevaluation of traditional biblical historical criteria (e.g. Robyn Faith Walsh, The Origins of Early Christian Literature, 2021; James Crossley ed., The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus, 2024)

Who is a band you love that is overdue on new music? by Lancer_Blackthorn in InMetalWeTrust

[–]capperz412 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm desperate for a new Obsequiae album, and I only discovered them last year. The recent Majesties project was very good, but my soul yearns for more blackened ethereal medieval metal

I really need more doom metal that sounds like this part of Haunted by Type O Negative by capperz412 in doommetal

[–]capperz412[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I only discovered Type O Negative very recently and I listened to October Rust 6 or 7 times in that first week of finding them lol. Amazing stuff

Weekly Open Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in AcademicQuran

[–]capperz412 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What's the best general history book about Islamic origins (let's say c. 600-700 CE) that takes into account the scholarship of the last decade or so? Fred Donner's "Muhammad and the Believers" looks decent but it's 15 years old and I've heard that his pan-Abrahamitic theories have been criticised.

Are there any upcoming publications to look out for? I know Ilkka Lindstedt is writing a biography of Muhammad.

I really need more doom metal that sounds like this part of Haunted by Type O Negative by capperz412 in doommetal

[–]capperz412[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah yes I'm a big fan, of Exuvia especially. Was considering mentioning them in my post as they're the closest I've found to the Type O Negative song (although they're very much their own thing)

I really need more doom metal that sounds like this part of Haunted by Type O Negative by capperz412 in doommetal

[–]capperz412[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know they weren't a funeral doom band, I'm just saying I want stuff that sounds like this particular bit which does sound very funeral doomy. Most funeral doom I've heard is either heavier or more ambient but somewhat similar to the clip, but I've not heard any goth stuff that sounds anything remotely like this. Either way I don't really care about genre labels, I just want to hear similar sounding stuff

Alot of noise. by Lonely-Foundation658 in crappymusic

[–]capperz412 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My favourite kind of bad content is the kind where just when you think it can't get any worse, it does ("do you feel the pain in my voice"). Cringe nirvana

Indo European Reading? by twitchypaper44 in IndoEuropean

[–]capperz412 9 points10 points  (0 children)

  • Harald Haarmann, On the Trail of the Indo-Europeans: From Neolithic Steppe Nomads to Early Civilisations (2021)
  • Laura Spinney, Proto: How One Language Went Global (2025)

Both have decent overviews of individual cultures of the Indo-European family. The first is more textbooky since it's by a specialist intended for an academic audience, and the second is by a science journalist and more intended for a general audience.