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Unlocking the Medinan Qurâan
Series: - Texts and Studies on the QurʾÄn, Volume: 19
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The Qurâanic surahs and passages that are customarily taken to postdate Muhammadâs emigration to Medina occupy a key position in the formative period of Islam: they fundamentally shaped later convictions about Muhammadâs paradigmatic authority and universal missionary remit; they constitute an important basis for Islamâs development into a religion with a strong legal focus; and they demarcate the Qurâanic community from Judaism and Christianity. The volume exemplifies a rich array of approaches to the challenges posed by this part of the Qurâan, including its distinctive literary and doctrinal features, its relationship to other late antique traditions, and the question of oral composition.
Contributors are Karen Bauer, Saqib Hussain, Marianna Klar, Joseph E. Lowry, Angelika Neuwirth, Andrew J. OâConnor, Cecilia Palombo, Nora K. Schmid, Nicolai Sinai, Devin J. Stewart, Gabriel S. Reynolds, Neal Robinson and Holger Zellentin.
Contributors are Karen Bauer, Saqib Hussain, Marianna Klar, Joseph E. Lowry, Angelika Neuwirth, Andrew J. OâConnor, Cecilia Palombo, Nora K. Schmid, Nicolai Sinai, Devin J. Stewart, Gabriel S. Reynolds, Neal Robinson and Holger Zellentin.
Nicolai Sinai is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Pembroke College. His publications include The Qurâan: A Historical-Critical Introduction (2017) and Rain-Giver, Bone-Breaker, Score-Settler: AllÄh in Pre-Quranic Poetry (2019).
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
âNicolai Sinai
1 Towards a Compositional Grammar of the Medinan Suras
âNicolai Sinai
2 Lexical Layers vs Structural Paradigms in the Opening of SÅ«rat al-Baqara: Typically Medinan Structures in QÂ 2, QÂ 3, and Some Shorter Medinan Compositions
âMarianna Klar
3 Formulae and Repetition in the Medinan Qurʾan: The Story of the Golden Calf between Meccan and Medinan Suras
âCecilia Palombo
4 Interrogative Rhetoric and Deliberative Discourse in the Medinan Suras
âNora K. Schmid
5 Vocatives in the Qurʾan and the Framing of Prophetic Proclamations
âDevin J. Stewart
6 The Qibla of Muhammadâs Community Reconsidered
âAngelika Neuwirth
7 Obeying God and His Messenger: Medinan Prophetology in the Meccan Qurʾan?
âAndrew J. OâConnor
8 Law in the Medinan Qurʾan: The Case of Biblical Incest Law and Its Qurʾanic Reiteration
âHolger Zellentin
9 The Dynamics of SÅ«rat Äl Ê¿ImrÄn (QÂ 3)
âNeal Robinson
10 A Guide to the Legal Material in SÅ«rat al-NisÄʾ (Q 4)
âJoseph E. Lowry
11 Emotive Rhetoric, Plot, and Persuasion in a JihÄd Surah (QÂ 8 al-AnfÄl)
âKaren Bauer
12 Intratextuality, Doublets, and Orality in the Qurʾan, with Attention to Suras 61 and 66
âGabriel S. Reynolds
13 Q 63 (SÅ«rat al-MunÄfiqÅ«n): A Text-Critical and Structural Analysis
âSaqib Hussain
Index
Introduction
âNicolai Sinai
Part 1 Literary Features of the Medinan Qurʾan
1 Towards a Compositional Grammar of the Medinan Suras
âNicolai Sinai
2 Lexical Layers vs Structural Paradigms in the Opening of SÅ«rat al-Baqara: Typically Medinan Structures in QÂ 2, QÂ 3, and Some Shorter Medinan Compositions
âMarianna Klar
3 Formulae and Repetition in the Medinan Qurʾan: The Story of the Golden Calf between Meccan and Medinan Suras
âCecilia Palombo
4 Interrogative Rhetoric and Deliberative Discourse in the Medinan Suras
âNora K. Schmid
5 Vocatives in the Qurʾan and the Framing of Prophetic Proclamations
âDevin J. Stewart
Part 2 Ritual, Prophetology, and Law: Some Medinan Themes
6 The Qibla of Muhammadâs Community Reconsidered
âAngelika Neuwirth
7 Obeying God and His Messenger: Medinan Prophetology in the Meccan Qurʾan?
âAndrew J. OâConnor
8 Law in the Medinan Qurʾan: The Case of Biblical Incest Law and Its Qurʾanic Reiteration
âHolger Zellentin
Part 3 Studies of Individual Suras
9 The Dynamics of SÅ«rat Äl Ê¿ImrÄn (QÂ 3)
âNeal Robinson
10 A Guide to the Legal Material in SÅ«rat al-NisÄʾ (Q 4)
âJoseph E. Lowry
11 Emotive Rhetoric, Plot, and Persuasion in a JihÄd Surah (QÂ 8 al-AnfÄl)
âKaren Bauer
12 Intratextuality, Doublets, and Orality in the Qurʾan, with Attention to Suras 61 and 66
âGabriel S. Reynolds
13 Q 63 (SÅ«rat al-MunÄfiqÅ«n): A Text-Critical and Structural Analysis
âSaqib Hussain
Index
Researchers and post-graduate students in Islamic studies, colleagues from neighbouring disciplines (Late Antiquity, Biblical studies)