4 options
The Qur'an : a historical-critical introduction / Nicolai Sinai.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sinai, Nicolai, 1976- author.
- Series:
- New Edinburgh Islamic surveys.
- The New Edinburgh Islamic surveys
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Qurʼan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 242 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- This comprehensive introduction to the basic methods and current state of historical-critical Qur'anic scholarship covers all of the field's major questions, giving readers the tools needed to work with and understand this vital but complex text.
- Contents:
- Background. Some basic features of the Qur'an
- Muhammad and the Qur'an
- The Qur'anic milieu
- Method. Literary coherence and secondary revision
- Inner-Qur'anic chronology
- Intertextuality
- A diachronic survey of the Qur'anic proclamations. The Meccan surahs
- The Medianan surahs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780748695799
- 0748695796
- 9780748695782
- 0748695788
- OCLC:
- 1065295178
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.