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THE SYRO-ARAMAIC READING OF THE KORAN: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE DECODING OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE KORAN. By Christoph Luxenberg. Berlin: Hans Schiler. 2007. Pp. 349. $124.84.

A translation of Die syro-aramaische Lesart des Koran (2000), this study consists of an introduction, 18 chapters, and an appendix. The first ten chapters deal with reference works, methodology, the Arabic script, the oral tradition, Koranic exegesis, the language of the Koran, and the Syro-Aramaic that is found in the Koran. These chapters lay the groundwork for the close textual study and analysis that ...

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