New Perspectives on the Qur'an: The Qur'an in Its Historical Context 2 (2011 Reynolds), edited volume

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New Perspectives on the Qur'an: The Qur'an in Its Historical Context 2 (2011) is a volume edited by Gabriel Said Reynolds.

Abstract

"This book continues the work of The Qur’ān in its Historical Context, in which an international group of scholars address an expanded range of topics on the Qur’ān and its origins, looking beyond medieval Islamic traditions to present the Qur’ān’s own conversation with the religions and literatures of its day. Particular attention is paid to recent debates and controversies in the field, and to uncovering the Qur’ān’s relationship with Judaism and Christianity. After a foreword by Abdolkarim Soroush, chapters by renowned experts cover:

• method in Qur'ānic Studies
• analysis of material evidence, including inscriptions and ancient manuscripts, for what they show of the Qur'ān’s origins
• the language of the Qur'ān and proposed ways to emend our reading of the Qur'ān
• how our knowledge of the religious groups at the time of the Qur'ān’s emergence might contribute to a better understanding of the text
• the Qur'ān’s conversation with Biblical literature and traditions that challenge the standard understanding of the holy book.

This debate of recent controversial proposals for new interpretations of the Qur'ān will shed new light on the Qur’anic passages that have been shrouded in mystery and debate. As such, it will be a valuable reference for scholars of Islam, the Qur’an, Christian-Muslim relations and the Middle East."--Publisher description.

Editions and translations

Published in London, England: Routledge, 2011 (Routledge Studies in the Quran, 12).

Table of contents

Foreword / Abdolkarim Soroush -- Introduction / Gabriel Said Reynolds -- 1. Method in Qur'anic Studies: The Historian, The Believer, and the Qur'an / Fred Donner ; Studies in Qur'anic Vocabulary: The Problem of the Dictionary / Andrew Rippin ; Towards Understanding the Qur'an's Worldview: An Autobiographical Reflection / Nasr Abu Zayd -- 2. The Qur'an and Material Evidence: The Jews of the Hijaz in the Qur'an and in Their Inscriptions / Robert Hoyland ; The Usage of Ancient South Arabian and other Arabian Languages as an Etymological Source for Qur'anic Vocabulary / Hani Hayajneh ; Vowel Letters and Ortho-epic Writing in the Qur'an / Gerd-R. Puin -- 3. Qur'anic Vocabulary: Hapaxes in the Qur'an: Identifying and Cataloguing Lone Words (and Loan Words) / Shawkat M. Toorawa ; Tripartite, but Anti-Trinitarian Formulas in the Qur'anic Corpus, Possibly Pre-Qur'anic / Manfred Kropp ; Angels, Stars, Death, the Soul, Horses, Bows -- or Women? The Opening Verses of Qur'an 79 / Munther Younes ; Al-Najm (Q 53), Chapter of the Star: A New Syro-Aramaic Reading of Verses 1-18 / Christoph Luxenberg -- 4. The Qur'an and Its Religious Context: Al-Nasara in the Qur'an: A Hermeneutical Reflection / Sidney Griffith ; The Mysterious Letters and Other Formal Features of the Qur'an in Light of Greek and Babylonian Oracular Texts / Devin Stewart ; Does the Qur'an Deny or Assert Jesus' Crucifixion and Death? / Suleiman Mourad ; Early Christian Arabic Texts: Evidence for non-'Uthmanic Qur'an Codices, or Early Approaches to the Qur'an? / Clare Wilde ; Has God Sent a Mortal as a Messenger? (Q 17:95). Messengers and Angels in the Qur'an / Gerald Hawting -- 5. The Qur'an and Biblical Literature: Is There a Notion of 'Divine Election' in the Qur'an? / Reuven Firestone ; Lot's Daughters in the Qur'an: an Investigation Through the Lens of Intertextuality / Waleed Ahmed ; Joseph among the Ishmaelites: Q 12 in Light of Syriac Sources / Joseph Witztum ; Condemnation in the Qur'an and the Syriac Gospel of Matthew / Emran El-Badawi ; The Qur'anic Pharaoh / Adam Silverstein.