Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi - Why is the Quranic Text Problematic

A lecture by Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi (Sorbonne University) held in Central European University (September 21, 2017, Budapest) and organised by CEU Center for Religious Studies. The Quranic text is problematic. The Quran presents itself as the continuation of the Torah and the Gospels, but contrary to these Scriptures, it says almost nothing about its central characters, Muḥammad and his contemporaries. Despite its very strong apocalyptic dimension, the Quran says nothing about the important figure of the