Confirming and clarifying: The Qur'an in conversation with earlier Judaeo-Christian traditions

Update: 2018-02-27

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The Qur'an's original addressees must have been familiar with earlier Jewish and Christian traditions, which the Qur'an claims both to "confirm" and to "clarify". Narratives about Abraham and the death of Pharaoh serve to exemplify what this means.

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Confirming and clarifying: The Qur'an in conversation with earlier Judaeo-Christian traditions

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Confirming and clarifying: The Qur'an in conversation with earlier Judaeo-Christian traditions

Nicolai Sinai

Confirming and clarifying: The Qur'an in conversation with earlier Judaeo-Christian traditions