The Qur?an and Syriac Christianity: Recurring Themes and Motifs

Scholars of Qurʾanic studies have commonly acknowledged the significance of pre-Islamic Syriac Christian literature for the study of the Qurʾan. By offering new evidence, the present volume refines and challenges the arguments of previous studies and unearths hitherto unexplored recurring themes and motifs. It focuses on selected themes related to prophets, military and non-military forms of jihād, concepts of darkness and light, depictions of the Garden and the Fire, Satan’s fall, and bod...