The Qur'an's Self-Image: Writing and Authority in Islam's Scripture

by Daniel Madigan (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $95.54

  Islam is frequently characterized as a 'religion of the book,' and yet Muslims take an almost entirely oral approach to their scripture. This book presents a semantic analysis of its self-awareness, arguing that the Qur'an understands itself not so much as a completed book, but as an ongoing process of divine 'writing' and 're-writing'.