The Qur'an: Early Meccan Suras: Poetic Prophecy
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- Synopsis
- The first volume of a world-renowned scholar&’s long-awaited Qur&’an commentary, now available in English Angelika Neuwirth&’s six-volume commentary, published originally in Germany, offers a historical and philological analysis of the form, structure, and semantic message of each of the 114 Qur&’anic suras. It brings together the fruits of the past hundred years of modern scholarship and provides access to the aesthetic, theological, linguistic, and semantic background required to appreciate the unique novelty, force, and historical position of the Qur&’an. Contextualizing the Qur&’anic message in the broader world of late antiquity, it bridges the gaps between the inner-Islamic scholarly world and the academy. Skillfully translated by Samuel Wilder, this first volume focuses on the Meccan suras, the earliest and often the most aesthetically striking and compelling part of the corpus of Qur&’anic proclamations.
- Copyright:
- 2022
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 496 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780300265545
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780300232332
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 10/18/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Yale University.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Translator:
- Samuel Wilder