Mary in the Qur'an

Providing an analysis of the complete story of Mary in its liturgical, narrative and rhetorical contexts, this literary reading is a prerequisite to any textual reading of the Quran whether juristic, theological, or otherwise. intertextuality between the Old Testament, New Testament and the Quran. The Quran is an oral event, linguistic phenomenon and great literature. So the application of modern literary theories is essential to have full comprehension of the history of the development of literary forms from pre-Islamic period such as poetry, story telling, speech-giving to the present. In addition, there is a need, from a feminist perspective, to understand in depth why a Christian mother figure such as Mary was important in early Islam and in the different stages of the development of the Quran as a communication process between Muhammad and the early Muslim community. Introducing modern literary theories, gender perspective and feminist criticism into Quranic scholarship for the first time, this book will be an invaluable resource for scholars and researchers of Islamic Studies, Quranic and New Testament Studies, Comparative Literature and Feminist Theology.