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9781573929455: What the Koran Really Says: Language, Text, and Commentary
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ISBN 10: 157392945X ISBN 13: 9781573929455
Editorial: Prometheus Books, 2002

Sinopsis

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 much of the text and that some passages reflect even an Essenian 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.

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Acerca del autor

Ibn Warraq is the highly acclaimed author of Why I Am Not a Muslim, Virgins? What Virgins?, and Defending the West. He is also the editor of The Origins of the Koran, What the Koran Really Says, Leaving Islam, The Quest for the Historical Muhammad, and Which Koran?.

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Editorial
Prometheus Books
Año de publicación
2002
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
157392945X
ISBN 13 
9781573929455
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
600
Editor
Warraq Ibn
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