The Archetypal Sunnī Scholar: Law, Theology, and Mysticism in the Synthesis of al-Bājūrī. By Aaron Spevack. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2014. Pp. viii + 212. $80.

This collection of essays covers the classical heritage and Islamic culture, classical Arabic science and philosophy, and Muslim religious sciences, showing continuation of Greek and Persian thought as well as original Muslim contributions to the sciences, philosophy, religion, and culture of Islam.

Harmonizing Differences: A History of Distinctions Literature in Islamic Law. By Elias G. Saba. Islam—Thought, Culture, and Society, vol. 1. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2019. Pp. ix + 248. $119.99 (cloth, PDF); $27.99 (paper).