Nicolai Sinai is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the Oriental Institute, Oxford University, and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.
One of the best critical introductions to the Qur'an which sets in
apposite context the latest research discussions, discourses and
trends in the field... it represents a truly definitive
contribution to the study of the text.'--Mustafa Shah, University
of London
The best available overview of the subject...Sinai offers not only
new insight into the inner structure of the Qur'an, but also a
masterclass in textual analysis.'--Eric Ormsby "Times Literary
Supplement"
The best book I have seen to lead critically-minded readers into
the myriad issues and complexities of the Qur'an text. Its various
chapters, firmly rooted in a wealth of scholarship on the Qur'an,
discuss many key questions raised about and by the text, including
its literary coherence, its chronology, its "closure" as a body of
scripture, its textual stability, and aspects of its content: the
relation to Christianity, Judaism, and paganism, its key themes,
its relationship to the life of Muhammad, and much more. It will
serve scholars and novices alike as an invaluable guide.'--Prof
Fred M. Donner, The University of Chicago
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