The Qur’an Requires Historical and Linguistic Deconstruction
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- Historical deconstruction of discourse
- Formation of the text through a long process of writing
- Multiplicity of approaches to studying the Qur’an
- Preference for modern linguistics
- Distinguishing between the oral and the written
- Replacing etymological obsession
- Isolating origins from the living context
- Historical deconstruction of discourse
- Multiplicity of approaches to studying the Qur’an
- Formation of the text through a long process of writing
- The interpreting community grants the text sacredness
- Scientific inquiry distinguishes between faith and reason
- Preference for modern linguistics
- Distinguishing between the oral and the written
- Replacing etymological obsession
- Isolating origins from the living context