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BL
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| Record Number
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1090053
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bc10988
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| Language of Document
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English
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| Main Entry
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Sinai, Nicolai,1976-
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| Title & Author
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Qur'an : : a historical-critical introduction /\ Nicolai Sinai.
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| Publication Statement
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Edinburgh :: Edinburgh University Press,, 2017.
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| Series Statement
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The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (viii, 242 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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9780748695799
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: 0748695796
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: 9780748695782
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: 0748695788
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0748695761
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9780748695768
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074869577X
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9780748695775
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Background. Some basic features of the Qur'an -- Muhammad and the Qur'an -- The Qur'anic milieu -- Method. Literary coherence and secondary revision -- Inner-Qur'anic chronology -- Intertextuality -- A diachronic survey of the Qur'anic proclamations. The Meccan surahs -- The Medianan surahs.
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| Abstract
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This comprehensive introduction to the basic methods and current state of historical-critical Qur'anic scholarship covers all of the field's major questions, giving readers the tools needed to work with and understand this vital but complex text.
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| Subject
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RELIGION-- Islam-- General.
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RELIGION / Islam / General
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Qurʼan-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Qurʼan.
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| Dewey Classification
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297.1/226
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| LC Classification
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BP130.S56 2017
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