Rethinking the Qur'ān in Late Antiquity

by Juan Cole

How the Qur'ān reflects on and responds to the regional cultural, religious and political currents swirling in Western Arabia and neighboring areas during the great war, 603-630, between the Roman and Sasanian empires? The book approaches the Qur'ān through six case studies. The first two consider the era 200-800 CE, which classicist Peter Brown dubbed late antiquity. The second two contextualize quranic stories and tropes in the era...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3111340902
• ISBN13: 9783111340906
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 250 Pages