Bell's Introduction to the Qur'an (Islamic surveys, 8)

xi, 258 pages ; 21 cm. Contents: The historical context -- Muhammad's prophetic experience -- The history of the text -- The external form of the Qur'an-- Features of the Qur'anic style -- The shaping of the Qur'an-- The chronology of the Qur'an -- The names of the revealed message -- The doctrines of the Qur'an -- Muslin scholarship and the Qurʼan -- The Qur'an and Occidental scholarship.