TY - BOOK AU - Reynolds,Gabriel Said TI - The Qurʼān in its historical context T2 - Routledge studies in the Qurʼān SN - 9780415428996 (hbk) AV - BP130.45 QUR .Q675 2008 U1 - BP 130.45 QUR 22 PY - 2011/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Qurʼan KW - Commentaries KW - History and criticism KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-281) and indexes; Introduction : Qurʼānic studies and its controversies; Gabriel Said Reynolds --; The Quʼrān in recent scholarship : challenges and desiderata; Fred M. Donner --; Epigraphy and the linguistic background to the Quʼrān; Robert Hoyland --; Recent research on the construction of the Qurʼān; Gerhard Böwering --; Reconsidering the authorship of the Quʼrān : is the Quʼrān partly the fruit of a progressive and collective work?; Claude Gilliot --; Christian lore and the Arabic Quʼrān : the "companions of the cave" in Sūrat al-Kahf and in Syriac Christian tradition; Sidney Griffith --; The theological Christian influence on the Quʼrān : a reflection; Samir Khalil Samir --; Mary in the Quʼrān : a reexamination of her presentation; Suleiman A. Mourad --; The Alexander legend in the Quʼrān 18:83-102; Kevin van Bladel --; Beyond single words : māʼida, shayṭān, jibt and ṭāghūt : mechanisms of transmission into the Ethiopic (Geʻez) Bible and the Quʼrānic text; Manfred Kropp --; Nascent Islam in the seventh century Syriac sources; Abdul-Massih Saadi --; Notes on medieval and modern emendations of the Quʼrān; Devin J. Stewart --; Syriac in the Quʼrān : classical Muslim theories; Andrew Rippin ER -