New perspectives on the Qur'an : the Qur'an in its historical context 2 / edited by Gabriel Said Reynolds.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reynolds, Gabriel Said.

Series:

Routledge studies in the Quran ; 12.

Routledge studies in the Quran ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qurʼan--Commentaries--History and criticism.

Qurʼan.

Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (561 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book continues the work of The Qur'?n in its Historical Context, in which an international group of scholars address an expanded range of topics on the Qur'?n and its origins, looking beyond medieval Islamic traditions to present the Qur'?n's own conversation with the religions and literatures of its day. Particular attention is paid to recent debates and controversies in the field, and to uncovering the Qur'?n's relationship with Judaism and Christianity. After a foreword by Abdolkarim Soroush, chapters by renowned experts cover:method in Q

Contents:

Cover; New Perspectives on the Qurān: The Qurān in its historical context 2; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Foreword; Abbreviations; Map: locations cited in the present volume; Introduction; Part I: Method in Qurānic studies; 1. The historian, the believer, and the Qurānic; 2. Studies in Qurānic vocabulary: The problem of the dictionary; 3. Towards understanding the Qurān's worldview: An autobiographical refl ection; Part II: The Qurān and material evidence; 4. The Jews of the Hijaz in the Qurān and in their inscriptions

5. The usage of Ancient South Arabian and other Arabian languages as an etymological source forQurānic vocabulary6. Vowel letters and ortho-epic writing in the Qurān; Part III: Qurānic vocabulary; 7. Hapaxes in the Qurān: identifying and cataloguing lone words (and loanwords); 8. Tripartite, but anti-Trinitarian formulas in the Qurānic corpus, possibly pre-Qurānic; 9. Angels, stars, death, the soul, horses, bows - or women? The opening verses of Qurān 79; 10. Al-Najm (Q 53), Chapter of the Star: A new Syro-Aramaic reading ofVerses 1 to 18; Part IV: The Qurān and itsreligious context

11. Al-Nasạ̄rā in the Qurān: A hermeneutical reflection12. The mysterious letters and other formal features of the Qurān in light of Greek and Babylonian oracular texts; 13. Does the Qurān deny or assert Jesus's crucifixion and death?; 14. Early Christian Arabic texts: Evidence for non-Uthmānic Qurān codices, or early approaches to the Qurān?; 15. "Has God sent a mortal as a messenger?" (Q 17:95): Messengers and angels in the Qurān; Part V: The Qurān and Biblical literature; 16. Is there a notion of "divine election" in the Qurān?

17. Lot's daughters in the QurQurān: An investigation through the lens of intertextuality18. Joseph among the Ishmaelites: Q 12 in light of Syriac sources; 19. Condemnation in the Qurʼān and the Syriac Gospel of Matthew; 20. The Qurānic Pharaoh; Bibliography; Index of Qurʼānic citations and references; Index of people, places and subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-136-70077-3

1-136-70078-1

0-203-81353-7

9780203813539

OCLC:

798532691