The Qurʼān in its historical context /

The Qurʼān in its historical context / edited by Gabriel Said Reynolds. - London Routledge 2011 - xiv, 294 pages, [1] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies in the Qurʼān . - Routledge studies in the Qurʼān. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-281) and indexes.

Introduction : Qurʼānic studies and its controversies / The Quʼrān in recent scholarship : challenges and desiderata / Epigraphy and the linguistic background to the Quʼrān / Recent research on the construction of the Qurʼān / Reconsidering the authorship of the Quʼrān : is the Quʼrān partly the fruit of a progressive and collective work? / Christian lore and the Arabic Quʼrān : the "companions of the cave" in Sūrat al-Kahf and in Syriac Christian tradition / The theological Christian influence on the Quʼrān : a reflection / Mary in the Quʼrān : a reexamination of her presentation / The Alexander legend in the Quʼrān 18:83-102 / Beyond single words : māʼida, shayṭān, jibt and ṭāghūt : mechanisms of transmission into the Ethiopic (Geʻez) Bible and the Quʼrānic text / Nascent Islam in the seventh century Syriac sources / Notes on medieval and modern emendations of the Quʼrān / Syriac in the Quʼrān : classical Muslim theories / Gabriel Said Reynolds -- Fred M. Donner -- Robert Hoyland -- Gerhard Böwering -- Claude Gilliot -- Sidney Griffith -- Samir Khalil Samir -- Suleiman A. Mourad -- Kevin van Bladel -- Manfred Kropp -- Abdul-Massih Saadi -- Devin J. Stewart -- Andrew Rippin.

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Qurʼan--Commentaries--History and criticism.
Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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