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The Qurâan as Text
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This book contains the updated papers of an international symposium âThe Qurâan as Textâ which was held at the University of Bonn in November 1993. This collection intends to break away from the 19th-century paradigm of âinfluencesâ, which seems largely exhausted but still dominates Qurâanic studies. Instead, this collection focuses on the literary, the intertextual and the receptional aspects of the Qurâanic text. A new approach to the holy book of Islam in the light of modern hermeneutics which is based on modern methods of literary history, text-linguistics, and aesthetics can open the door for a new and more adequate understanding of the Qurâan, its role for Islamic religion, and its unique place in the history of world religions today.
Stefan Wild is Professor of Semitic Languages and Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn. He has worked on Comparative Semitics, Arabic language and Arabic literature and is editor-in-chief of Die Welt des Islams. International Journal for the Study of Modern Islam, (Brill).
'...the volume certainly makes an impressive contribution to the contemporary scholarly study of the Qur'an and suggests various promising venues for further research.'
Wilferd Madelung, Journal of the Qur'anic Studies, 1999.
Wilferd Madelung, Journal of the Qur'anic Studies, 1999.
All those interested in Islamic religion, Arabic literature, comparative religion.