TY - BOOK AU - Robinson,Neal TI - Discovering the Quran: a contemporary approach to a veiled text SN - 9781589010246 AV - BP130.R663.D573 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Washington, District of Columbia PB - Georgetown University Press KW - Quran KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Originally published : South CarolinaM Press, 1996; 1 (pages 292.-301) and indexes; 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; 2 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0411/2003024397.html ER -