The Koran is the sacred book of which religion?
The Origins of the Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book Warraq cites are better to be read first-hand. Todd Lawson said regarding the book that "arrogance and amateurish assumptions abound; and all is sounded in the key of gormless hysteria...It must be said that it undoubtedly demonstrates the editor's diligence and industry in finding churlish things to say about the Qur'an in English. It is difficult to recommend this production, except perhaps for antiquarian interests and the archaeology of the study of Islam." The Origins of the Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book The Origins of The Koran: Classic Essays on Islam’s Holy Book, is a 1998 book edited
The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran: A Contribution to the Decoding of the Language of the Koran is an English-language edition (2007) of "Die syro-aramäische Lesart des Koran: Ein Beitrag zur Entschlüsselung der Koransprache" (2000) by Christoph Luxenberg. The thesis of the book is that the text of the Quran was substantially derived from Syriac Christian liturgy, arguing that many "obscure" portions become clear when they are back-translated and interpreted as Syriacisms. While noticeable Syro-Aramaic influence on the language of the Quran is taken as undisputed in this work, Luxenberg's thesis goes beyond mainstream