Koranic Allusions: The Biblical, Qumranian, and Pre-Islamic Background to the Koran

by Ibn Warraq, Athena Dixon, E.J. Koh

Scholars have long known that the text of the Koran shows evidence of many influences from religious sources outside Islam. For example, stories in the Koran about Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other characters from the Bible obviously come from the Jewish Torah and the Christian Gospels. But there is also evidence of borrowing in the Koran from more obscure literature.In this anthology, the acclaimed critic of Islam Ibn Warraq has assembled scholarly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616147598
• ISBN13: 9781616147594
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 463 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.3"