Francis E. Peters

Francis E. Peters este, din 1969, profesor de istorie la University of New York. A facut studii de filozofie si istorie la Saint Louis si Princeton (doctorat in 1961, studii islamice). In ultimii ani, atat la cursuri cat si in lucrarile scrise pune accentul pe studiul comparativ al iudaismului, crestinismului si islamismului. A publicat numeroase carti, dintre care amintim: Jerusalem and Mecca: The Typology of the Holy City in the Near East (1987), Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: The Classical Texts and Their Interpretations (1990), Mecca and the Hijaz: A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land (1994), Muhammad and the Origins of Islam (1994), Islam, A Guide for Jews and Christians (2003), The Monotheists: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Conflict and Competition (2003)