Christianity and the Qur'an

“Gabriel Reynolds is one of the leading scholars of the Qur’an working anywhere in the world today. Christianity and the Qur’an represents the culmination of many years of meticulous study on this topic. Reynolds skillfully synthesizes a vast amount of disparate secondary scholarship, combining this with his deep knowledge of the Qur’anic text to make a very interesting and important argument about Christianity and the Qur’an’s environment, audience, and overall purpose. It will be an instant classic and point of reference for further studies in this area.”—Jack Tannous, Princeton University “Reynolds has written a wonderful book on the late ancient Christian context of the Qur’an—a worthy successor to Richard Bell’s Origin of Islam in Its Christian Environment (1926) and a far superior book at that.”—Sean W. Anthony, author of Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam “Christianity and the Qur’an presents an intriguing and important challenge to what we ‘know’ about the religious, historical, and literary context out of which the Qur’an emerged. In leading readers on an absorbing exploration of an astonishing range of sources, Reynolds’ scholarly acumen is once again in full force and in full view.”—Shari L. Lowin, Stonehill College “Gabriel Said Reynolds—one of the most creative and consequential scholars in Qur’anic studies today—helps us see Islam’s holy book as if anew: as a text profoundly shaped by the Christian communities and ideas that saturated late antique Arabia. A bold, thought-provoking portrait of the Qur’an and its fundamental relationship with Christianity.”—Christian Sahner, University of Oxford “A must-read for all students and scholars interested in studying the Qurʾan in its formative period. Reynolds’ handling of the secondary literature is informative, comprehensive, and incisively critical.”—Shady Nasser, Harvard University