The Qur'an in its Historical Context

by Gabriel Said Reynolds

Book Overview

Providing commentary on the controversial revisionist school of Qur'anic studies, this book explores the origins, scholarship and development of the Qur'an. The collection of articles, each written by a distinguished author, treat very familiar passages of the Qur'an in an original manner, combining thorough philology, historical anthropology, and cultural history.

This book addresses in a critical fashion the hottest issues in recent works...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041549169X
• ISBN13: 9780415491693
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"