Parution : Suleyman Dost, Before the Qur’an. Material Sources at the Advent of Muslim Scripture, Edinburgh University Press, 2026

Before the Qur’anMaterial Sources at the Advent of Muslim Scripture Suleyman Dost The first comprehensive reading of the Qur’an through epigraphic sources from the Arabian Peninsula Explores the origins of the Qur’an in late antique Arabia through datable documentary evidence Challenges the dominant paradigm of explaining the Qur’an’s religious language through Syriac Christian sources Highlights parallels between the Qur’an and religious idioms in South Arabia and Ethiopia Expla...