Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and indexes
Background. Some basic features of the Qur'an -- Muhammad and the Qur'an -- The Qur'anic milieu -- Method. Literary coherence and secondary revision -- Inner-Qur'anic chronology -- Intertextuality -- A diachronic survey of the Qur'anic proclamations. The Meccan surahs -- The Medianan surahs