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

Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, The Silent Qur'an and the Speaking Qur'an: Scriptural Sources of Islam... Book Reviews The Silent Qur’an and the Speaking Qur’an: Scriptural Sources of Islam Between History and Fervour. By Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi. Translated by Eric Ormsby. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. Pp. 296. $65.00, £50.00. ISBN The author frames the five chapters of this work, four of which are adaptations of previous publications, as together addressing the relationship between the ‘horrific’ violence and internecine strife that characterised the first centuries of Islam and the emergence during that same period of codified scriptures. More specifically, Amir-Moezzi seeks to bring into conversation the long-standing scholarly interest in the textual history of the Qur’an and the concern of much early Shīʿī literature with the Holy Book’s alteration and falsification. The undertaking provides a welcome reiteration of the still-pertinent complaint that historians’ near-exclusive reliance on Sunnī texts and narratives, on the basis that these are somehow less corrupted by sectarian distortions than Shīʿī literature, is untenable. In the case of the texts studied here, however, Amir-Moezzi further contends that the version of events given therein is at times strikingly close to that suggested by many modern historians. The prime interface between scripture and violence discussed here is censorship—the suppression of alternative narratives and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Qur'anic Studies Edinburgh University Press

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

Warner, George
Journal of Qur'anic Studies , Volume 20 (2): 7 – Jun 1, 2018
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10.3366/jqs.2018.0339
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Book Reviews The Silent Qur’an and the Speaking Qur’an: Scriptural Sources of Islam Between History and Fervour. By Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi. Translated by Eric Ormsby. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. Pp. 296. $65.00, £50.00. ISBN The author frames the five chapters of this work, four of which are adaptations of previous publications, as together addressing the relationship between the ‘horrific’ violence and internecine strife that characterised the first centuries of Islam and the emergence during that same period of codified scriptures. More specifically, Amir-Moezzi seeks to bring into conversation the long-standing scholarly interest in the textual history of the Qur’an and the concern of much early Shīʿī literature with the Holy Book’s alteration and falsification. The undertaking provides a welcome reiteration of the still-pertinent complaint that historians’ near-exclusive reliance on Sunnī texts and narratives, on the basis that these are somehow less corrupted by sectarian distortions than Shīʿī literature, is untenable. In the case of the texts studied here, however, Amir-Moezzi further contends that the version of events given therein is at times strikingly close to that suggested by many modern historians. The prime interface between scripture and violence discussed here is censorship—the suppression of alternative narratives and

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Journal of Qur'anic Studies – Edinburgh University Press

Published: Jun 1, 2018

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