Sebastian Günther is Professor and Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Göttingen. A specialist in Islamic thought, his publications include, with Todd Lawson, Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam (Brill 2016).Dorothee Pielow (Lauer), PhD in Arabic Studies and Ethnology, is a member of the University of Göttingen academic staff, with her current research focusing on magic in Islam. Her publications include Lilith und ihre Schwestern (1998, 2001).