About this title: One of the most innovative thinkers in the field of Islamic Studies was John Wansbrough (1928-2002), affiliated throughout his career with London University's School of Oriental and African Studies. Critiquing the traditional accounts of the origins of the Quran (Koran) as historically unreliable and heavily influenced by religious dogma, Wansbrough suggested radically new interpretations very different from the views of both the Muslim orthodoxy and most Western scholars. He maintained that the entire corpus of early Islamic documentation should be interpreted as literature written in the ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Date Published: 2004-08-31
ISBN-13:9781591022015ISBN:1591022010
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781591022015ISBN:1591022010
Description: New. Originally published in 1977 by one of the most innovative thinkers in the field of Islamic Studies, "Quranic Studies" presents an in-depth textual exegesis of the Quran, based on form analysis. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very Good. An excellent copy. Near fine in very good dj. Former owner's stamp on inside front board (under dj flap). Clean. Beautiful copy of the scarce first edition. read more
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