Scripture, poetry, and the making of a community : reading the Qurʾan as a literary text
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Scripture, poetry, and the making of a community : reading the Qurʾan as a literary text
(Qur'anic studies series, 10)
Oxford University Press, in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2014
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Summary: In this book, the Qur'an is portrayed in its first and original manifestation, i.e., as the proclamation of the Prophet Muhammad addressed to his listeners. Angelika Neuwirth shows how the proclamation of the Qur'an and its debate of both the Biblical and the pagan poetic traditions gradually induced the emergence of a new religious community
Bibliography: p. 414-438
Includes indexes