Surveying the life, aims, character and inspiration of Muhammad, this classic introduction explains the history, form and chronology of the Qur'an, and gives the views of Muslim and Occidental scholars.
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This review is from: Introduction to the Qur'an (Paperback)
Richard Bell originally wrote this book in the late 1930s. His student, W. Montgomery Watt, in 1970, decided to "revise" Bell's book into this current edition, but Watt stated "the core of the book is still essentially Bell's work...I have undertaken no special research in the preparation of this revision...tried to arrange the material more logically." Also, Watt produced a "novel feature is the Index to the Quran" in this revision. Chapter subjects are: Muhammad's career; Muhammad's prophetic experience; The writing down of the Quran; The authenticity and completeness of the Quran; The external form of the Quran; (the mysterious letters); Features of Quranic style (rhymes, strophes, didactic forms); The shaping of the Quran (the theory of abrogation, revision, alteration; Bell's hypotheses); The chronology of the Quran (European & Islamic views of dating); the names of the revealed message; The doctrines of the Quran; Muslim scholarship (interpretation and exegesis); Occidental scholarship; Table for converting verse-numbers; Table of sura with chronology; Index to the Quran; Index to this book. One of the Muslim criticisms of any westerner in `studying' the Quran is our `free play' in openly questioning and critiquing the Quran (or any book) - both Bell and Watt do that here: they make you `think' about what Muhammad (or Allah) was trying to `reveal' to those who had "corrupted their books" and strayed from the Straight Path. They analyze MANY topics in the Koran, including: the prophets, Jesus, Jews, abrogation, angels, creation, death, demons, jihad - just about everything of relevance. Both Bell and Watt taught Arabic at Edinburgh University. A classic.
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Best Scholarly Intro to the Qur'an,
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This review is from: Introduction to the Qur'an (Paperback)
Very good intro text to the Qur'an. Watt does an excellent job of revising and updatings Bell's original book. Watt unearths the jewels from Bell's writings and makes them acceptable to the more inclusinary scholarship in vogue today. The book becomes readable to Muslims. Takes a well rounded critical view of Muslim sources but does not reject them completely. Highly recommended.
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Excellent scholarly work on the Qur'an,
By Zeeshan Hasan (Dhaka, Bangladesh) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Introduction to the Qur'an (Paperback)
An excellent introduction to western scholarship on the subject. It's useful to read this together with Fazlur Rahman's "Major Themes in the Qur'an", which is in many respects a Muslim response to Watt and Bell. Interestingly, the excellent work that Bell and Watt do in locating the Qur'an within the context of Muhammad's life actually tends to refute the work of more radical scholars such as John Wansbrough and Patricia Crone, who claim that the Qur'an was produced in the second or third century of Islam.
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The Qur'an was 'revealed' in the early part of the seventh century AD in the towns of Mecca and Medina in west-central Arabia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The Qur'an was 'revealed' in the early part of the seventh century AD in the towns of Mecca and Medina in west-central Arabia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
same sura, alternative continuations, first hearers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Richard Bell, Last Day, Old Testament, Arabic Qur'an, Jews of Medina, Arthur Jeffery, South Arabian, Gustav Weil, Hubert Grimme, Muslim World New!
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- The Origin of Islam in Its Christian Environment: The Gunning Lectures by Richard Bell on page 114, page 177, and Back Matter
- Islamic Political Thought by William Montgomery Watt in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Islam and the West by Norman Daniel in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Jewish Foundation of Islam by Charles C. Torrey in Back Matter
- Islam and the Integration of Society by William Montgomery Watt in Back Matter
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- Cross & Crescent: Responding to the Challenge of Islam by Colin Gilbert Chapman on page 178, and Back Matter
- A New Introduction to Islam by Daniel W. Brown on page 67, and Back Matter
- Islamic Interpretations of Christianity by Lloyd Ridgeon on page 26
- Mecca by F. E. Peters in Back Matter
- Seven Doors to Islam: Spirituality and the Religious Life of Muslims by John Renard in Back Matter
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