The al-Baqara Crescendo

Nevin Reda is assistant professor of Muslim studies at Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto and author of The al-Baqara Crescendo: Understanding the Qur'an's Style, Narrative Structure, and Running Themes.Nevin Reda is assistant professor of Muslim studies at Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto.

“The al-Baqara Crescendo represents not only a careful and insightful analysis of the sura, but also an aesthetic appreciation of the text. It makes an important and original argument, and represents a subsustantial contribution to Qur?anic studies, particularly to the question of the structure and unity of the long Medinan suras, which has been hotly debated.” Devin Stewart, Emory University

" ... the minute detail analysis of Al-Baqara is an innovative analysis that will appeal to graduate students and scholars in the field of Islamic studies. The book is particularly suitable for courses that discuss reformist impulses, arguments, and methodological venues within Quranic scholarship." Religious Studies Review