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Introducing the Qur’ān, Part I: Revelation, Text, and History

· 57 min

Episode Introducing the Qur’ān, Part I: Revelation, Text, and History

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We cover some basic territory in introducing the Qur'ān, the holiest text of Islām. We introduce the text, discuss the traditional story of the Qur'ān's revelation, the modern text-critical enterprise of Qur'anic studies, and try to pin down the elusive character of this book-that-is-not-a-book.

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