The Qurʾān in its historical context / edited by Gabriel Said Reynolds.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reynolds, Gabriel Said.

Series:

Routledge studies in the Qurʾān

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qurʼan--Commentaries--History and criticism.

Qurʼan.

Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiv, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Contents:

Map: locations cited in the present volume xv

Introduction: Qur'anic studies and its controversies / Gabriel Said Reynolds 1

Part 1 Linguistic and historical evidence 27

1 The Qur'an in recent scholarship: challenges and desiderata / Fred M. Donner 29

2 Epigraphy and the linguistic background to the Qur'an / Robert Hoyland 51

3 Recent research on the construction of the Qur'an / Gerhard Bowering 70

4 Reconsidering the authorship of the Qur'an: is the Qur'an partly the fruit of a progressive and collective work? / Claude Gilliot 88

5 Christian lore and the Arabic Qur'an: the "Companions of the Cave" in Surat al-Kahf and in Syriac Christian tradition / Sidney Griffith 109

Part 2 The religious context of the late antique Near East 139

6 The theological Christian influence on the Qur'an: a reflection / Samir Khalil Samir 141

7 Mary in the Qur'an: a reexamination of her presentation / Suleiman A. Mourad 163

8 The Alexander Legend in the Qur'an 18:83-102 / Kevin Van Bladel 175

9 Beyond single words: Ma'ida - Shaytan - jibt and taghut. Mechanisms of transmission into the Ethiopic (Ge'ez) Bible and the Qur'anic text / Manfred Kropp 204

10 Nascent Islam in the seventh century Syriac sources / Abdul-Massih Saadi 217

Part 3 Critical study of the Qur'an and the Muslim exegetical tradition 223

11 Notes on medieval and modern emendations of the Qur'an / Devin J. Stewart 225

12 Syriac in the Qur'an: classical Muslim theories / Andrew Rippin 249.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-281) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780415428996

0415428998

9780203939604

0203939603

OCLC:

85830858

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