The Qur'an : : A Historical-Critical Introduction / / Nicolai Sinai.
An accessible and up-to-date introduction to the study of the Qur’an in its historical contextThe Qur’an represents both Islam’s historical point of origin and its scriptural foundation, inaugurating a new religion and, ultimately, a new civilisation. Yet the text itself can be difficult to understa...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 14 B/W tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Expanded table of contents
- Figures
- Introduction
- Part one Background
- 1 Some basic features of the Qur’an
- 2 Muhammad and the Qur’an
- 3 The Qur’anic milieu
- Part two Method
- 4 Literary coherence and secondary revision
- 5 Inner-Qur’anic chronology
- 6 Intertextuality
- Part three A diachronic survey of the Qur’anic proclamations
- 7 The Meccan surahs
- 8 The Medinan surahs
- Bibliography
- Index of concepts, names, and Arabic terms
- Index of Qur’anic passages