The Cambridge companion to the Qurʼān

Book 2006

As the living scriptural heritage of more than a billion people, the Qur'an speaks with a powerful voice. Nevertheless, efforts to introduce the Qur'an to English-speaking audiences have been hampered by the lack of resources. Jane McAuliffe brings together an international team of scholars to explain its complexities.

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Qurʼan Criticism, interpretation, etc

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Criticism, interpretation, etc

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Cambridge companions to religion

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ISBN:

9780521831604
9780521539340
0521831601
052153934X

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xv, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Companion to the Qurʼān
Qurʼān

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Contents:

Formation of the qurʼānic text. The historical context / Fred M. Donner. Creation of a fixed text / Claude Gilliot. Alternative accounts of the Qurʼān's formation / Harald Motzki
Description and analysis. Themes and topics / Daniel A. Madigan. Structural, linguistic and literary features / Angelika Neuwirth. Recitation and aesthetic reception / William A. Graham and Navid Kermani
Transmission and dissemination. From palm leaves to the Internet / Fred Leemhuis. Inscriptions in art and architecture / Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom
Interpretations and intellectual traditions. The tasks and traditions of interpretation / Jane Dammen McAuliffe. Multiple areas of influence / Alexander Knysh. Western scholarship and the Qurʼān / Andrew Rippin
Contemporary readings. Women's readings of the Qurʼān / Asma Barlas. Political interpretation of the Qurʼān / Stefan Wild. The Qurʼān and other religions / Abdulaziz Sachedina
Formation of the qur'ānic text
Description and analysis
Transmission and dissemination
Interpretations and intellectual traditions
Contemporary readings

LCCN:

2007295882

Control Number:

2645291

Other Authors:

McAuliffe, Jane Dammen

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