The Coming of the Comforter: When, Where, and to Whom?, Studies on the Rise of Islam and Various Other Topics in Memory of John Wansbrough (Orientalia Judaica Christiana)

John Wansbrough is famous for his pioneering studies on the "sectarian milieu" out of which Islam emerged. In his view, Islam grew out of different - albeit rather marginal - Jewish and Christian traditions. In the present volume, which is dedicated to Wansbrough's memory, specialists in Islamic studies and students of the Jewish and early Christian traditions summarise Wansbrough's achievements in the past thirty years and chart the future of the tradition study of the "sectarian milieu." Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Abbreviations Preface JOHN WANSBROUGHAND THE PROBLEM OF ISLAMIC ORIGINSIN RECENT SCHOLARSHIP:A FAREWELLTO THE TRADITIONAL ACCOUNT - by CARLOS A. SEGOVIA PART ONE: FORMATIVE ISLAM WITHINITS JEWISH-CHRISTIAN MILIEU DES TEXTES PSEUDO CLEMENTINSA LA MYSTIQUE JUIVEDES PREMIERS SIECLESET DU SINAÏ A MA’RIB.Quelques coïncidences entrecontexte culturelet localisation géographiquedans le Coran - by GENEVIÈVE GOBILLOT ON THE QUR`ĀN’S M Ā`IDA PASSAGEAND THE WANDERINGSOF THE ISRAELITES1GABRIEL - by SAID REYNOLDS PRAYER AND THE DESERT FATHERS - by JOHN WORTLEY FRIDAY VENERATION IN SIXTHANDSEVENTH-CENTURY CHRISTIANITYAND CHRISTIAN LEGENDSABOUT THE CONVERSION OF NAĞRĀN - by BASIL LOURIE THEMATIC AND STRUCTURAL AFFINITIESBETWEEN 1 ENOCH AND THE QUR’ĀN:A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDYOF THE JUDAEO-CHRISTIAN APOCALYPTICSETTING OF THE EARLY ISLAMIC FAITH - by CARLOS A. SEGOVIA PART TWO:REVISITING SOME EARLY ISLAMICSOURCES, FACTS,AND INTERPRETATIVE ISSUES THE NEEDLE IN THE HAYSTACK:ISLAMIC ORIGINS AND THE NATUREOF THE EARLY SOURCES - by HERBERT BERG “ALL WE KNOW IS WHATWE HAVE BEEN TOLD”:REFLECTIONS ON EMIGRATIONAND LAND AS DIVINE HERITAGEIN THE QUR’ĀN1 - by CATERINA BORI L’ANALYSE RHETORIQUEFACE A LA CRITIQUE HISTORIQUEDE J. WANSBROUGHET DE G. LÜLING.L’exemple de la sourate 96 - by MICHEL CUYPERS MOHAMMED’S EXEGETICAL ACTIVITYIN THE MECCAN ARABIC LECTIONARY - by CLAUDE GILLIOT THE SEARCH FOR ṬUWĀ:EXEGETICAL METHOD,PAST AND PRESENT1 - by ANDREW RIPPIN WHO IS THE ‘OTHER’ PARACLETE? - by JAN M. F. VAN REETH "John Wansbrough is famous for his pioneering studies on the 'sectarian milieu' out of which Islam emerged. In his view, Islam grew out of different - albeit rather marginal - Jewish and Christian traditions whose intertwinings deserve being studied. In the present volume, which is dedicated to Wansbrough's memory, specialists in Islamic studies and students of the Jewish and early Christian traditions out of which Islam presumably arose summarise Wansbrough's achievements in the past thirty years. The volume also goes a step further by setting forth new landmarks for the study of the traditions implied in Wansbrough's aforementioned concept of the 'sectarian milieu' from which Islam emerged, perhaps later than is commonly assumed and in a rather unclear, even ambiguous way"-- Back cover