Qur'an and Late Antiquity

In this book, Angelika Neuwirth provides a new approach to understanding the founding text of Islam. Typical exegesis of the Qur''an treats the text teleologically, as a fait accompli finished text, or as a replica or summary of the Bible in Arabic. Instead Neuwirth approaches the Qur''an as the product of a specific community in the Late Antique Arabian peninsula, one which was exposed to the wid...