The Qurʾān - A New Annotated Translation - Arthur Droge
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The Qurʾān - A New Annotated Translation - Arthur Droge
A. J. Droge [+]
A. J. Droge is the author of Homer or Moses? Early Christian Interpretations of the History of Culture and, with James Tabor, of A Noble Death: Suicide and Martyrdom among Christians and Jews in Antiquity.
Description
Following an introductory reference to ‘the Book’ and a warning about judgment, this sūra falls into three main parts: the story of Iblīs and Adam’s fall, a series of stories about the destruction of disobedient generations of the past, and the story of Moses, Pharaoh, and the Sons of Israel.