The Qur'ān and its biblical subtext by Reynolds, Gabriel Said instant download

The Qur'ān and its biblical subtext by Reynolds, Gabriel Said instant download

xi, 304 p. ; 25 cm, Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-282) and indexes, Introduction: Listening to the text -- The crisis of Qur'ānic studies -- The scholarly conflict over the Qur'ān -- The method and goal of the present work -- Excursus: regarding the dates of Jewish and Christian texts -- Qur'ānic case studies -- The prostration of the angels -- al-Shayṭān al-Rajīm -- Adam and feathers -- Abraham the gentile monotheist -- The laughter of Abraham's wife -- Haman and the tower to heaven -- The transformation of Jews -- Jonah and his people -- The nativity of Mary -- \"Our hearts are uncircumcised\" -- \"Do not think those who were killed in the path of God dead\" -- The companions of the cave -- Muḥammad -- Qur'ān and tafsīr -- Exegetical devices -- Story-telling -- Occasion of revelation -- Variae lectiones (qirā'āt) -- Ta'kīir al-muqaddam -- The mufassirūn -- Tafsīr and Qur'ān -- Reading the Qur'ān as homily -- The problem of translating the Qur'ān -- Homiletic features of the Qur'ān -- The Qur'ān and Christian homily -- The Qur'ān and its Biblical subtext