Robinson, Neal,  1948-, <br/><br/>
Discovering the Quran :  a contemporary approach to a veiled text /  [print] 
Neal Robinson. 
 - second edition. 
 - Washington, District of Columbia :  Georgetown University Press,  (c)2003. 
 - xvi, 332 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published : South CarolinaM Press, 1996. 
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<br/><br/>The Quran as experienced by Muslims --  Anchoring the revelations in space and time --  An alternative account of the rise of Islam --  Traditional resources for determining the chronological order of the surahs --  Western attempts at dating the revelations --  The formal elements in the "Early Meccan" surahs --  The structure of the Meccan surahs --  The interrelation of structure, sound, and meaning in three Meccan surahs --  The integrative role of sound and intertextuality --  The Madinan surahs --  The dynamics of the Quranic discourse --  The order of the surahs : the decreasing-length rule --  The order of the surahs : Islahi's explanation. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781589010246 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003024397 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Quran--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP130.R663.D573 2003