Traditionally the Qur’an has been interpreted through medieval commentaries shaped by the biography of the prophet Muhammad. This book presents the Muslim hol

This book challenges the dominant scholarly notion that the Qur’ān must be interpreted through the medieval commentaries shaped by the biography of the proph

"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 c

In Chapter 38:21-25, the Qur’an relates a very short narrative about the biblical King David’s seeking and receiving God’s forgiveness. The earliest Musli

This book continues the work of The Qur’ān in its Historical Context, in which an international group of scholars address an expanded range of topics on the