The Qur'an: Text and Commentary, Volume 1

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Early Meccan Suras: Poetic Prophecy

By Angelika Neuwirth

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The first volume in Angelika Neuwirth's acclaimed six-volume commentary offers a historic and philological analysis of the Qur'an's 114 suras, focusing here on the Meccan suras. This work situates the Qur'anic text within the cultural and linguistic context of late antiquity, illuminating its unique aesthetic, theological, and semantic features. Translated by Samuel Wilder, it bridges scholarly gaps between Islamic studies and modern academia.
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This volume is ideal for scholars, students, and readers interested in religious studies, Islamic history, philology, and late antiquity. It appeals to those seeking a deep, scholarly engagement with the Qur'an's text and context from a historic and linguistic viewpoint.

The first volume of a world-renowned scholar’s long-awaited Qur’an commentary, now available in English

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The first volume of a world-renowned scholar’s long-awaited Qur’an commentary, now available in English

Angelika Neuwirth’s six-volume commentary, published originally in Germany, offers a historical and philological analysis of the form, structure, and semantic message of each of the 114 Qur’anic suras. It brings together the fruits of the past hundred years of modern scholarship and provides access to the aesthetic, theological, linguistic, and semantic background required to appreciate the unique novelty, force, and historical position of the Qur’an. Contextualising the Qur’anic message in the broader world of late antiquity, it bridges the gaps between the inner-Islamic scholarly world and the academy.

Skilfully translated by Samuel Wilder, this first volume focuses on the Meccan suras, the earliest and often the most aesthetically striking and compelling part of the corpus of Qur’anic proclamations.

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Omid Safi of Duke University praises Neuwirth as a leading authority whose translation and approach prioritising the Qur'an's orality and late antique context mark this work essential for serious scholarship. Anders Winroth from the University of Oslo highlights Neuwirth's innovative framing of the Qur'an as a late antique and 'European' text, reshaping perspectives beyond Islamic studies. The commentary is recognised as paradigm-shifting in late antique and early Islamic scholarship.

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ISBN: 9780300232332

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 January 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

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Translated by Samuel Wilder

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 496

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About the Author

Angelika Neuwirth is professor emeritus of Qur’anic studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. Samuel Wilder is a translator who has held postdoctoral research fellowships at the Freie Universität Berlin and the Orient-Institut Beirut. He lives in Berlin.

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