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What the Koran Really Says: Language, Text, and Commentary

Door Ibn Warraq

Categorie
Religie & Theologie
Boeknummer
#406646-XS5
Titel
What the Koran Really Says: Language, Text, and Commentary
Auteur
Warraq, Ibn (editor)
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books
Jaar van uitgave
2002
ISBN10
157392945X
ISBN13
9781573929455
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting
This excellent collection of critical commentaries on the Koran brings together outstanding articles by noted scholars from the beginning of the 20th century to recent times. These important studies, as well as the editor's own lengthy introduction, show that little about the text of the Koran can be taken at face value. Among the fascinating topics discussed is evidence that early Muslims did not understand Muhammad's original revelation, that the ninth-century explosion of literary activity was designed to organize and make sense of an often incoherent text, and that much of the traditions surrounding Muhammad's life were fabricated long after his death in an attempt to give meaning to the Koran. Also of interest are suggestions that Coptic and other Christian sources heavily influenced ... (Lees verder)much of the text and that some passages reflect an essential background reaching back to the community of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This valuable compilation will be a welcome resource to interested lay readers and scholars alike.
Pagina's
782
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 20,00

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