{"product_id":"evolution-of-the-early-quran-9781433146909","title":"Evolution of the Early Quran","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritical scholarship on the Qur'an and early Islam has neglected the enigmatic earliest surahs. Advocating a more evolutionary analytical method, this book argues that the basal surahs are logical, clear, and intelligible compositions. The analysis systematically elucidates the apocalyptic context of the Qur'an's most archaic layers. Decisive new explanations are given for classic problems such as what the surah of the elephant means, why an anonymous man is said to frown and turn away from a blind man, why the prophet is summoned as one who wraps or cloaks himself, and what the surah of the qadr refers to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounded in contemporary context, the analysis avoids reducing these innovative recitations to Islamic, Jewish, or Christian models. By capitalizing on recent advances in fields such as Arabian epigraphy, historical linguistics, Manichaean studies, and Sasanian history, a very different picture of the early quranic milieu emerges. This picture challenges prevailing critical\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface – Acknowledgments – Maccabees Not Mecca: The Biblical Subtext and the Apocalyptic Context of \u003ci\u003eSūrat al-Fīl \u003c\/i\u003e(Q 105) – \u003cem\u003eAl-Ṣamad \u003c\/em\u003eof \u003ci\u003eSūrat al-Iḫlāṣ \u003c\/i\u003e(Q 112) – On the Genealogy of the \u003ci\u003eRasūl \u003c\/i\u003eFunction: From Eschatological Descent of the Astral Messenger to the Devotional Ascent of the Earthly Messenger – \u003cem\u003eSūrat al-Qadr \u003c\/em\u003e(Q 97): Celebrating the Celestial Savior’s Descent and Refuting Christian Communal Ritual – Opening and Pouring-Out the Warner: \u003ci\u003eSūrat al-Šarḥ \u003c\/i\u003e(Q 94) and the Construction of Quranic Prophetology – A Servant Wrapped in Glory: The Counter-Baptism of \u003ci\u003eSūrat al-Muddaṯṯir \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSūrat al-Muzzammil \u003c\/i\u003e(Q 73 and 74) – Postface—Chronology and Geography – Works Cited – Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039620792663,"sku":"9781433146909","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433146909.jpg?v=1750944286","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/evolution-of-the-early-quran-9781433146909","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}