Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Traditional Narrative of the Qur’an’s Origins: A Scholarly Sunnism 17
6. 2. ʿAbd al-Malik, al-Ḥajjāj, and the Composition of the Qur’an 43
7. 3. Radiocarbon Dating and the Origins of the Qur’an 70
8. 4. The Hijaz in Late Antiquity: Social and Economic Conditions in the Cradle of the Qur’an 96
9. 5. Literacy, Orality, and the Qur’an’s Linguistic Environment 117
10. 6. Remembering Muhammad: Perspectives from Memory Science 148
11. 7. Re-Remembering Muhammad: Oral Tradition and Collective Memory 171
12. 8. The Qur’anic Codex as Process: Writing Sacred Tradition in Late Antiquity 204
13. 9. The Qur’an’s Historical Context According to the Qur’an 230
14. Conclusions 259
15. Notes 267
16. References 307
17. Index 341