The Quran in the World: How Islam’s Sacred Book Has Evolved Over 1,400 Years

The Quran, like most great books, has a history. It went from a largely oral recitation in a region with limited writing and literacy to being the centerpiece of an extraordinary literary and intellectual culture, not only in theology and law but also poetry, prose, and art. In The Quran in the World, Bruce Fudge presents a new history of Islam’s sacred book and how it has been used, shaped, and in…