pThis book challenges the dominant scholarly notion that the Qur'257n must be interpreted through the medieval commentaries shaped by the biography of the prophet Muhammad, arguing instead that the text is best read in light of Christian and Jewish scripture. The Qur'257n, in its use of allusions, depends on the Biblical knowledge of its audience. However, medieval Muslim commentators, working in a context of religious rivalry, developed stories that separate Qur'257n and Bible, which this book brings back together.ppIn a series of studies involving the devil, Adam, Abraham, Jonah, Mary, and Muhammad among others, Reynolds shows how modern translators of the Qur'257n have followed medieval Muslim commentary and demonstrates how an appreciation of the Qur'257n's Biblical subtext uncovers the richness of the Qur'257n's discourse. Presenting unique interpretations of 13 different sections of the Qur'257n based on studies of earlier Jewish and Christian literature, the author substantially