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Princeton University Press The Qur'an's Self-Image - Writing and Authority in Islam's Scripture

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This scholarly work from Princeton University Press explores a fundamental paradox in Islamic tradition: Islam is widely known as a "religion of the book," yet Muslims maintain a predominantly oral relationship with their scripture. The Qur'an, whose name literally means "recitation," consists of the words believed by Muslims to have been revealed to Muhammad by God. Many followers memorise the entire sacred text, and it existed orally for years before being written down after the Prophet's death. Remarkably, physical books hold no ritual significance in Islamic practice. This study investigates the profound implications of this contradiction by examining what the Qur'an itself intends when it repeatedly refers to itself as kitab - a term conventionally understood as "book" by both Muslim scholars and Western academics alike. The work provides essential insight into Islamic scripture's self-conception and the relationship between oral tradition and textual authority.

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Published by Princeton University Press, a leading academic publisher specialising in religious and scholarly texts.

Examines the Qur'an's repeated use of the term kitab and its theological significance within Islamic tradition.

Addresses the tension between Islam's characterisation as a religion of the book and the centrality of oral recitation in Muslim practice.

Explores how the Qur'an was preserved orally for years before being compiled into written form after the Prophet Muhammad's death.

Analyses the distinction between the Qur'an as recitation and as a physical text within Islamic ritual and belief.

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Release Date
18 June 2001
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13 February 2007

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