New Perspectives on the Qur'an (eBook, PDF)

The Qur'an in its Historical Context 2
Redaktion: Reynolds, Gabriel

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book continues the work of The Qur'an in its Historical Context, in which an international group of scholars address an expanded range of topics on the Qur'an and its origins, looking beyond medieval Islamic traditions to present the Qur'an's own conversation with the religions and literatures of its day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136700781
• Artikelnr.: 38274443

Autorenporträt

Gabriel Said Reynolds is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Theology at the University of Notre Dame (USA). He is the author of The Qur'¿n and Its Biblical Subtext (Routledge 2010), the editor of The Qur'¿n in Its Historical Context (Routledge 2008), and the translator of 'Abd al-Jabb¿r's A Critique of Christian Origins (BYU 2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introduction Part 1: Method in Qur'
nic Studies 1. The Historian, The Believer, and the Qur'
n 2. Studies in Qur'
nic Vocabulary: The Problem of the Dictionary 3. Towards Understanding the Qur'
n's Worldview: An Autobiographical Reflection Part 2: The Qur'
n and Material Evidence 4. The Jews of the Hijaz in the Qur'
n and in Their Inscriptions 5. The Usage of Ancient South Arabian and other Arabian Languages as an Etymological Source for Qur'
nic Vocabulary 6. Vowel Letters and Ortho-epic Writing in the Qur'
n Part 3: Qur'
nic Vocabulary 7. Hapaxes in the Qur'
n: Identifying and Cataloguing Lone Words (and Loan Words) 8. Tripartite, but Anti-Trinitarian Formulas in the Qur'
nic Corpus, Possibly Pre-Qur'
nic 9. Angels, Stars, Death, the Soul, Horses, Bows - or Women? The Opening Verses of Qur'
n 79 10. Al-Najm (Q 53), Chapter of the Star: A New Syro-Aramaic Reading of Verses 1-5 Part 4: The Qur'
n and Its Religious Context 11. Al-Nas
r
in the Qur'
n: A Hermeneutical Reflection 12. The Mysterious Letters and Other Formal Features of the Qur'
n in Light of Greek and Babylonian Oracular Texts 13. Does the Qur'
n Deny or Assert Jesus' Crucifixion and Death? 14. Early Christian Arabic Texts: Evidence for non-Uthm
nic Qur'
n Codices, or Early Approaches to the Qur'
n? 15. Has God Sent a Mortal as a Messenger?" (Q 17:95). Messengers and Angels in the Qur'
n Part 5: The Qur'
n and Biblical Literature 16. Is There a Notion of "Divine Election" in the Qur'
n? 17. Lot's Daughters in the Qur'
n: an Investigation Through the Lens of Intertextuality 18. Joseph among the Ishmaelites: Q 12 in Light of Syriac Sources 19. Condemnation in the Qur'
n and the Syriac Gospel of Matthew 20. The Qur'
nic Pharaoh