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The Qurʾān - A New Annotated Translation - Arthur Droge
A. J. Droge [+ ]
A. J. Droge is the author of Homer or Moses? Early Christian Interpretations of the History of Culture and, with James Tabor, of A Noble Death: Suicide and Martyrdom among Christians and Jews in Antiquity.
Description
This sūra is devoted almost entirely to the story of Moses. It features accounts of his early life, call to be a messenger, struggles with Pharaoh, exodus from Egypt, and finally the episode of ‘the calf.’ It concludes with sections on the Last Day and the ‘covenant with Adam.’