...a crowning achievement of Angelika Neuwirth's distinguished career...Neuwirth's groundbreaking work aims to bridge the exegetical polarity between East and West and argues for a new approach to the Qur'an as a product of late antiquity...This hefty and complex tome is a powerful plaidoyer for (re)integrating early Islam into late antiquity.
Angelika Neuwirth is Professor Emerita at Freie Universität, Berlin.