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Now in an updated, second edition, Gabriel Said Reynolds tells the story of Islam in this brief illustrated survey, beginning with Muhammad's early life and rise to power, then tracing the origins and development of the Quran juxtaposed with biblical literature, and concluding with an overview of modern and fundamentalist narratives of the origin of Islam. Reynolds offers a fascinating look at the structure and meaning of the Qur'an, revealing...

The central figure of the Qur'an is not Muhammad but Allah. The Qur'an, Islam's sacred scripture, is marked above all by its call to worship Allah, and Allah alone. Yet who is the God of the Qur'an? What distinguishes the qur'anic presentation of God from that of the Bible? In this illuminating study, Gabriel Said Reynolds depicts a god of both mercy and vengeance, one who transcends simple classification. He is personal and mysterious, no lim...

While the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament are understood to be related texts, the sacred scripture of Islam, the third Abrahamic faith, has generally been considered separately. Noted religious scholar Gabriel Said Reynolds draws on centuries of Qur'anic and Biblical studies to offer rigorous and revelatory commentary on how these holy books are intrinsically connected. Reynolds demonstrates how Jewish and Christian characters, imagery, and...

This brief survey text tells the story of Islam. Gabriel Said Reynolds organizes his study in three parts in order to tell of Muhammads early life and rise to power, of the origins and development of the Quran, with a distinctive, if unique, juxtaposition between the Quran and biblical literature, and concluding with an overview of modern and fundamentalist narratives of Islams origin, which reveals how those who represent Islams future begin ...

Traditionally the Qur'an has been interpreted through the life of the prophet Muhammad. This book argues that understanding the Qur'an is best done by examining its relationship with other and earlier literature, such as the Bible.

Providing commentary on the controversial revisionist school of Qur¿anic studies, this book explores the origins, scholarship and development of the Qur'an.

This book continues the work of The Qur¿¿n in its Historical Context, in which an international group of scholars address an expanded range of topics on the Qur¿¿n and its origins, looking beyond medieval Islamic traditions to present the Qur¿¿n¿s own conversation with the religions and literatures of its day.

The Qur'an, in its use of allusions, depends on the Biblical knowledge of its audience. This book challenges the scholarly notion that the Qur'an must be interpreted through the medieval commentaries shaped by the biography of the prophet Muhammad, and argues that the text is best read in light of Christian and Jewish scripture.