The Quranic Noah and the Making of the Islamic Prophet. A Study of Intertextuality and Religious Identity Formation in Late Antiquity

170 Pages·2015·2.86 MB·English

by  Carlos A. Segovia

Carlos A. Segovia
The Quranic Noah and the Making of the Islamic Prophet
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Judaism, Christianity, and
Islam – Tension, Transmission,
Transformation
Edited by Patrice Brodeur, Carlos Fraenkel,
Assaad Elias Kattan, and Georges Tamer
Volume 4
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Carlos A. Segovia
The Quranic Noah
and the Making of the
Islamic Prophet
A Study of Intertextuality and Religious Identity
Formation in Late Antiquity
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Table of Contents
Abbreviations | XI
List of Tables | XIII
Foreword and Acknowledgements | XV
Chapter 1 / Introduction: The Quranic Noah and the Re-mapping of Early
Islamic Studies | 1
Chapter 2 / Tracing the Apocalyptic Noah in P re-Islamic Jewish and Christian
Literature | 21
Excursus. A Lost Apocalypse of Noah? | 26
Chapter 3 / Noah in the Qur’ān: An Overview | 28
Excursus A. Full text and translation of the quranic Noah narratives | 35
Excursus B. Quranic allusions to Noah outside the quranic Noah
narratives | 51
Chapter 4 / The Quranic Noah Narratives: Form, Content, Context, and Primary
Meaning | 56
Quranic Noah narrative no. I (Q 7:59–64 / Sūrat al-A‘rāf): | 57
Quranic Noah narrative no. II (Q 10:71–4 / Sūrat Yūnus): | 58
Quranic Noah narrative no. III (Q 11:25–49 / Sūrat Hūd): | 59
Quranic Noah narrative no. IV (Q 23:23–30 / Sūrat al Mu’minūn): | 59
Quranic Noah narrative no. V (Q 26:105–22 / Sūrat aš-Šu‘arā): | 60
Quranic Noah narrative no. VI (Q 54:9–17 / Sūrat al-Qamar): | 60
Quranic Noah narrative no. VII (Q 71 / Sūrat Nūḥ): | 61
Excursus. Reworked texts in the quranic Noah narratives | 63
Chapter 5 / Reading Between the Lines: The Quranic Noah Narratives as
Witnesses to the Life of the Quranic Prophet? | 65
Excursus A. The original story behind the Noah narratives in Q 11 and 71 | 72
Excursus B. Q 11:35,49 and the redactional scribal background of
the Qur’ān | 87
Chapter 6 / Reading Backwards: Sources and Precedents of the
Quranic Noah | 89
Excursus. A Syriac source behind the blessing of Noah in Q 37.78–81? | 94
Chapter 7 / Reading Forward: From the Quranic Noah to the Muhammadan
Evangelium | 104
Excursus A. Ibn Isḥāq’s original Noah narrative | 110
Excursus B. Re-imagining ancient messianic roles: Prophets, messiahs and
charismatic leaders in the literature of Second Temple Judaism and
earliest Christianity | 112
Afterword: Reading Otherwise, or Re-imagining Muḥammad as a
New Messiah | 116
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Notes | 120
Bibliography | 126
Index of Ancient Writings | 140
Index of Ancient and Modern Authors | 152
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Abbreviations
ALD Aramaic Levi Document
ApAb Apocalypse of Abraham
Ar. Aramaic
Arab. Arabic
bce Before the common era
BCR Biblioteca di Cultura Religiosa
BG Berolinensis Gnosticus
BO Biblica et Orientalia
BOT Biblica: Old Testament
BSOAS Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
BTS Beiruter Texte und Studien
c. Around (Latin: circa)
CD Damascus Document
CE Culture on the Edge
ce Common era
CEJL Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature
cf. Compare (Latin: confer)
COP Cambridge Oriental Publications
CSQ Curzon Studies in the Qur’ān
d. Died
Dan Daniel
DSD Dead Sea Discoveries
ed(s). Edited by, editor(s)
e.g. For example (Latin: exemplum gratia)
EJL Early Judaism and Its Literature
EM Études Musulmanes
1En 1 (Ethiopic) Enoch
2En 2 (Slavonic) Enoch
fol(s). Leaf(/ves) (Latin: folium/folia)
frag(s). Fragment(s)
Gen Genesis
IOS Israel Oriental Studies
HFS Historisk-filosofiske Skrifter
HTS Harvard Theological Studies
ID L’Islam en débats
i.e. That is (Latin: id est)
IPTSTS Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science – Texts and Studies
Isa Isaiah
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X   Abbreviations
JAOS Journal of the American Oriental Society
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
Jer Jeremiah
JLARC Journal for Late Antique Religion and Culture
JMEOS Journal of the Manchester Egyptian and Oriental Society
JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies
JosAsen Joseph and Aseneth
JSAI Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam
JSP Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
l(l). Line(s)
LAHR Late Antique History and Religion
Lit. Literarily
LSIS Leiden Studies in Islam and Society
MAIBL Memoires de l’Académie des Inscriptions et des Belles-Lettres
Matt Matthew
MMW Makers of the Muslim World
MO Manuscripta Orientalia
ms(s). Manuscript(s)
n(n). Note(s)
NHC Nag Hammadi Codex
NHMS Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies
No(s). Number(s)
NT New Testament
NTT Nederlands Teologisch Tijdschrift
Num Numbers
OJC Orientalia Judaica Christiana
PSITLH Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History
Q Qur’ān
1QapGen Genesis Apocryphon
1QM War Scroll
QNN(s) Quranic Noah narrative(s)
QNN I Quranic Noah narrative no. I
QNN II Quranic Noah narrative no. II
QNN III Quranic Noah narrative no. III
QNN IV Quranic Noah narrative no. IV
QNN V Quranic Noah narrative no. V
QNN VI Quranic Noah narrative no. VI
QNN VII Quranic Noah narrative no. VII
QP Quranic prophet
1QpHab 1Q Commentary on Habakuk
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