Islam and Its Past

Jahiliyya, Late Antiquity, and the Qur'an
Herausgeber: Bakhos, Carol; Cook, Michael

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Produktbeschreibung

An edited collection on the historical, religious, and cultural contexts of the origins of the Qur'an.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780198748496
• ISBN-10: 0198748493
• Artikelnr.: 47870044

Autorenporträt

Carol Bakhos is Professor of Late Antique Judaism and Jewish Studies at UCLA. Since 2012 she has served as Chair of the Study of Religion program and Director of the Center for the Study of Religion at UCLA. Her publications include The Family of Abraham: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Interpretations (Harvard University Press, 2014) and The Talmud in Its Iranian Context (Mohr Siebeck, 2010). Michael A. Cook is Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. His publications include The Koran: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2000) and Ancient Religions, Modern Politics: The Islamic Case in Comparative Perspective (PUP, 2014).

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: Reflections on the State of the Art in Western Quraanic Studies
* 2: Nicolai Sinai: Processes of Literary Growth and Editorial
Expansion in Two Medinan Surahs
* 3: Joseph Witztum: O Believers, Be not as Those who Hurt Moses : Q
33:69 and its Exegesis
* 4: Patricia Crone: Pagan Arabs as God-fearers
* 5: Angelika Neuwirth: Locating the Qur'an and Early Islam in the
Epistemic Space of Late Antiquity
* 6: Were there Prophets in the Jahiliyya?
* 7: Michael Cook: Early Medieval Christian and Muslim Attitudes to
Pagan Law: a Comparison
* 8: Iwona Gajda: Remarks on Monotheism in Ancient South Arabia