Contents: General editor's preface; Introduction; Islam and the Qumran Sect, Chaim Rabin; Jesus and Mary in the Qur'an: some neglected affinities, Neal Robinson; The theology of separation and the theology of community: a study of the prophetic career of Moses according to the Qur'an, M. Causse; And become ye accursed apes, Ilse Lichtenstaedter; What did Muhammad mean when he called his religion Islam? The original meaning of aslama and its derivatives, D. Z. H. Baneth; Towards a periodization of earliest Islam according to its relations with other religions, Jacques Waarenburg; Qur'anic Siggil and Aramaic sgyl, Fred Leemhuis; Two notes, Michael B. Schub; A prophet and more than a prophet? Some observations on the Qur'anic use of the terms 'prophet' and 'apostle', W. A. Bijlefeld; The earliest meaning of Qur'an, William A. Graham; The Qur'anic view of youth and old age, Thomas J. O'Shaughnessy; The divine name 'al-Rahman' in the Qur'an, Jacques Jomier; Saj' in the Qur'an: prosody and structure, Devin J. Stewart; Some notes on the distinctive linguistic and literary character of the Qur'an, Angelika Neuwirth; The beginnings of Muhammad's religious activity, Richard Bell; Abu Lahab and Sura CXI, Uri Rubin; Simple negative remarks on the vocabulary of the Qur'an, Robert Brunschvig; Introduction: An assessment of and perspectives on the study of the Qur'an, Mohammed Arkoun; Sound, spirit, and gender in Surat al-qdar, Michael Sells; The apocalypse of Islam, Norman O. Brown; Method against truth: Orientalism and Qur'anic studies, S. Parvez Manzoor; Index.
