Bell's introduction to the Qur'ān

Author(s)

• Bell, Richard
• Watt, W. Montgomery (William Montgomery)

Bibliographic Information

Bell's introduction to the Qur'ān

（Islamic surveys, 8）

Edinburgh University Press, 1977, c1970

[Rev. and enl. ed.] / completely revised and enlarged by W. Montgomery Watt

Other Title

Introduction to the Qur'an

Note

"First published 1970. Paperback edition 1977"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Surveying the life, aims, character and inspiration of Muhammad, this classic introduction explains the history, form and chronology of the Qur'an, and gives the views of Muslim and Occidental scholars.

Table of Contents

• The historical context - Muhammad's prophetic experience
• the history of the text
• the external form of the Qur'an
• features of the Qur'anic style
• the shaping of the Qur'an
• the chronology of the Qur'an
• the names of the revealed message
• Muslin scholarship and the Qur'an
• the Qur'an and Occidental scholarship.

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Details

• NCID: BA25839913
• ISBN:
  • 0748605975
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Edinburgh
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 258 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 297.122
• Subject Headings:
  • BLSH : Koran -- Introductions
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0112572X