The Silent Qur'an and the Speaking Qur'an : : Scriptural Sources of Islam Between History and Fervor / / Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali,
• MitwirkendeR: Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali,; Ansari, Hasan,; Kohlberg, Etan,
• TeilnehmendeR: Ormsby, Eric.
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; A Word to the Reader --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Violence and Scripture in the Book of Sulaym ibn Qays --; 2. Qur'anic Recensions and Political Tendencies --; 3. The Necessity of Hermeneutics --; 4. The Emergence of Gnosis --; 5. Perfecting a Religion --; Epilogue --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231540650; 9783110665864
• DOI: 10.7312/amir17378
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi.

Two major events occurred in the early centuries of Islam that determined its historical and spiritual development in the centuries that followed: the formation of the sacred scriptures, namely the Qur'an and the Hadith, and the chronic violence that surrounded the succession of the Prophet, manifesting in repression, revolution, massacre, and civil war. This is the first book to evaluate the writing of Islam's major scriptural sources within the context of these bloody, brutal conflicts. Conducting a philological and historical study of little-known though significant ancient texts, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi rebuilds a Shi'ite understanding of Islam's early history and the genesis of its holy scriptures. At the same time, he proposes a fresh interpretative framework and a new data set for theorizing the early history of Islam, isolating the contradictions between Shi'ite and Sunni sources and their contribution to the tensions that rile these groups today.