The Cambridge companion to the Qu'an / edited by Jane Dammen McAuliffe.
Contributor(s): McAuliffe, Jane Dammen.
Series: Cambridge companions to religion. Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006Description: xv, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0521831601 (hbk.); 9780521831604 (hbk.); 052153934X (pbk.); 9780521539340 (pbk.).Subject(s): Koran -- Criticism, interpretation, etcDDC classification: 297.1226Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Non Fiction | BardBerlinLibrary | 297.12 2006 (Browse shelf) | Available |
Includes indexes.
Part I, Formation of the Quranic Text --The historical context / Fred M. Donner -- Creation of a fixed text / Claude Gilliot -- Alternative accounts of the Quran's formation / Harald Motzki -- Part II, 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 -- Part III, Transmission and Dissemination -- From palm leaves to the Internet / Fred Leemhuis -- Inscriptions in art and architecture / Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom -- Part IV, Interpretations and Intellectual Traditions -- The tasks and traditions of interpretation / Jane Dammen Mcauliffe -- Multiple areas of influence / Alexander Knysh -- Western scholarship and the Quran / Andrew Rippin -- Part V, Contemporary Readings -- Women's readings of the Quran / Asma Barlas -- Political interpretation of the Quran / Stefan Wild -- The Quran and other religions / Abdulaziz Sachedina.
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