The Qur'an and its Biblical Subtext

by Reynolds; Gabriel Said

• ISBN13: 9780415778930
• ISBN10: 041577893X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-07-09
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Traditionally the Qur'an has been interpreted through medieval commentaries shaped by the biography of the prophet Muhammad. This book presents the Muslim holy book in light of its conversation with Jewish and Christian scripture, challenging the dominant scholarly method of reading the Qur'an.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction: Listening to the text	p. 1
The crisis of Qur'anic Studies	p. 3
The scholarly conflict over the Qur'an	p. 3
The format of the present work	p. 23
Excursus: regarding the dates of Jewish and Christian texts	p. 37
Qur'anic case studies	p. 39
The prostration of the angels	p. 39
al-Shaytan al-Rajim	p. 54
Adam and feathers	p. 64
Abraham the Gentile monotheist	p. 71
The laughter of Abraham's wife	p. 87
Haman and the tower to heaven	p. 97
The transformation of Jews	p. 106
Jonah and his people	p. 117
The nativity of Mary	p. 130
"Our hearts are uncircumcised"	p. 147
"Do not think those who were killed in the path of God dead"	p. 156
The Companions of the Cave	p. 167
Muhammad	p. 185
Quran and tafsir	p. 200
Exegetical devices	p. 201
Story-telling	p. 201
Occasion of revelation	p. 206
Variae lectiones (qira'at)	p. 208
Ta'khir al-muqaddam	p. 214
Judaeo-Christian material	p. 217
The mufassirun	p. 219
Tafsir and Qur'an	p. 228
Reading the Qur'an as homily	p. 230
The problem of translating the Qur'an	p. 231
Homiletic features of the Qur'an	p. 232
The Qur'an and Christian homily	p. 245
The Qur'an and its Biblical subtext	p. 253
Bibliography	p. 259
Index of Qur'anic Verses	p. 283
Index of Biblical Verses	p. 292
Index of People Places and Subjects	p. 296
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