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contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction viii Chronology, from 570 to 680 CE xvii Part I. Approaching The Qur’an one Risks, Perspectives, and Understandings 5 two Basic Narratives for Judaism and Christianity 23 three Islam’s Basic Narrative and Core Positions 57 four The Setting: Reflections on Arabia 92 five Times and the Messenger 104 six The Origin, Transmission, and Structures of the Qur’an 140 seven Interpreting the Qur’an 168 Part II. The Qur’an Opened eight Four Cherished Passages 195 nine The Qur’an on the End of ThisWorld and Life in the Hereafter 231 ten The Qur’an onWoman andWomen 255 eleven The Qur’an on Biblical Figures, Jews and Christians 297 twelve The Qur’an on Justice and Jihad 350 Part III. The Ever-Open Qur’an thirteen Challenges from the Qur’an 401 fourteen Challenges to the Qur’an 425 fifteen The Qur’an Opened and Open 437 Appendix A. Traditional Names and Order of Surahs 446 Appendix B. Biblical Figures Mentioned in the Qur’an 450 Appendix C. Glossary of Key Terms 451 Notes 456 Selected Bibliography 502 General Index 516 Index of Religious Texts 539 vi Contents ...