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Subject(s)

• Islam—Controversial literature [Browse]
• Koran—Hermeneutics [Browse]
• Koran—Criticism, interpretation, etc—History [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in the Qurʼān ; 10. [More in this series]
• Routledge studies in the Qur'an ; 10

Summary note

This book challenges the dominant scholarly notion that the Qur'?n must be interpreted through the medieval commentaries shaped by the biography of the prophet Muhammad, arguing instead that the text is best read in light of Christian and Jewish scripture. The Qur'?n, in its use of allusions, depends on the Biblical knowledge of its audience. However, medieval Muslim commentators, working in a context of religious rivalry, developed stories that separate Qur'?n and Bible, which this book brings back together.In a series of studies involving the devil, Adam, Abraham, Jonah, Mar

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Language note

English

Contents

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: Listening to the text; 1 The crisis of Qur'anic Studies; Excursus: regarding the dates of Jewish and Christian texts; 2 Qur'anic case studies; 3 Qur'an and tafsir; 4 Reading the Qur'an as homily; Bibliography; Index of Qur'anic Verses; Index of Biblical Verses; Index of People Places and Subjects

ISBN

• 1-135-15019-2
• 1-135-15020-6
• 1-282-65645-7
• 9786612656453
• 0-203-85645-7

OCLC

• 646788055
• 655240538
• 1071912548
• 436358419

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203856451

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