Bell's introduction to the Qur'an /

Bell, Richard, b. 1876.

Bell's introduction to the Qur'an / Introduction to the Qur'an completely revised and enlarged by W. Montgomery Watt. - Pbk. ed. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 1970. - xi, 258 p. ; 22 cm. - Islamic surveys ; 8 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-201) and indexes.

Contents: The historical context --
Muhammad's prophetic experience --
The history of the text --
The external form of the Qurʼān--
Features of the Qurʼānic style --
The shaping of the Qurʼān--
The chronology of the Qurʼān --
The names of the revealed message --
The doctrines of the Qurʼān --
Muslin scholarship and the Qurʼān --
The Qurʼān and Occidental scholarship.

0748605975 (pbk.)

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Koran--Introductions.

BP 130 / .B4 1970

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