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Author presents an analysis of the koran that in an enlightened world would not be expected to excite controversy of any sort. The tone of the book is one of benevolent calm and carefully balanced reasoning that could hardly bepected to offend any per... Read More
Christoph luxenberg writes on the quran with the skill and diligence of its first serious commentator abu ga'far muhammed al tabari. The general thesis underlying his entire book is that the qur'an is a corpus of translations and paraphrases of origin... Read More
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arabic, aramaic, linguistic, many and written. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 74 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 5 2023.
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Therefore the language of the quran is very similar in many ways to syriac and aramaic
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But this book is mainly suitable for scholars and people who know enough arabic in order to be able to understand the material presented thoroughly
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Given the highly controversial ideas expressed by luxenberg a credible review can perhaps only be offered by scholars equally skilled in aramaic and arabic
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Fellow dilettantes may get a more complete and contextualized introduction to the broader thesis in play from a more recent publication hidden orgins of islam
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Also many of the understandably sensitive and incredulous reactions against luxenbergs views which came out some years ago can be finessed by seeing how well supported his thesis is against this broader background of historical data and corroboration
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Just a warning dont pick this book up on an evening when you feel like an agatha christie mystery
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I might even forewarn you that at least some knowledge of aramaicsyriac and arabic will help things along
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For that thousand years longer than protestantism the church language was syriac which could be called christian aramaic
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