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Subject(s)

• Qurʼan—History [Browse]
• Qurʼan—History—Sources [Browse]
• Qurʼan—Criticism, interpretation, etc—History—Sources [Browse]

Summary note

"A Prophet Has Appeared will be the first anthology of the most significant sources for understanding the rise of Islam. This book will provide instructors with a collection of carefully selected, introduced, and annotated materials from contemporary non-Islamic records that can be set alongside of the Qur'an and later Islamic materials. Written in many languages-not just Greek and Latin, but Syriac, Georgian, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Arabic-these texts span the extent of early medieval Christendom, reaching from England and Spain in the west to Egypt and Iran in the east. Ideal for the classroom and the personal library, this book will have a major, sustained impact on the fields in which we publish"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rights and reproductions note

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Contents

• The traditional narrative of the Qur'an's origins : a scholarly sunnism
• 'Abd Al-Malik, Al-Ḥajjāj, and the composition of the Qur'an
• Radiocarbon dating and the origins of the Qur'an
• The Hijaz in late antiquity : social and economic conditions in the cradle of the Qur'an
• Literacy, orality, and the Qur'an's linguistic environment
• Remembering Muhammad : perspectives from memory science
• Re-remembering Muhammad : oral tradition and collective memory
• The Qur'anic codex as process : writing sacred tradition in late antiquity
• The Qur'an's historical context according to the Qur'an.

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ISBN

• 9780520389038 (paperback)
• 0520389034 (paperback)

LCCN

2021060219

OCLC

1294398825

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