Review of The Qur'an's Self-Image: Writing and Authority in Islam's Scripture by Daniel A. Madigan
Document Type
Book Review
Department
History (CMC)
Publication Date
2003
Abstract
According to Madigan, two influential theories about the kitab that must be rejected are those of G. Widengren and R. Bell. Madigan reminds us that in ancient Near Eastern mythologies writing was a well-established means of communication from God to man.
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© 2003 American Oriental Society
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DOI
10.2307/3217881
Recommended Citation
Cooper, G.M. (2003). Review of Daniel Madigan, The Qur’ân’s Self-Image: Writing and Authority in Islam’s Scripture. (Princeton: 2001). Journal of the American Oriental Society 123, no. 1: 247-248.
