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Interior of the mosque of the Metwalys

A History of Preaching

Edwards, O. C., Jr. A History of Preaching. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2010.

Your Voice Like a Ram's Horn

Saperstein, Marc. Your Voice Like a Ram's Horn: Themes and Texts in Traditional Jewish Preaching. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1996. Rpt. 2014.

The Power of Oratory in the Medieval Muslim World

Jones, Linda G. The Power of Oratory in the Medieval Muslim World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Charisma and Religious Authority

Jansen, Katherine L., and Miri Rubin, eds. Charisma and Religious Authority: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Preaching, 1200-1500. Turnhout: Brepols, 2010.

The Sermon on the Mount

The Minbar of Saladin

This minbar, or pulpit, was installed in the al-Aqsa Mosque following Saladin's conquest in Jerusalem in 1187. It was destroyed in 1969 and reconstructed over a period of 30 years.

Minbar of the Kutubiyya Mosque, Marrakesh

This minbar, or pulpit, was constructed in the mid-1100s and installed in the Kutubiyya mosque in Marrakesh.

John Wesley Preaching to Native American Indians

Hermann Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, 1891-1911

Alain de Lille

Alain de Lille (c. 1128-1202) was a French monk and the author of the very popular and influential Ars Praedicandi (Art of Preaching).

Abou Zayd Preaching in the Mosque of Samarkand

This scene depicts the preaching of Abou Zayd, a fictional character in a 12th-century Syrian manuscript.