| Publication |
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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| Description |
xv, 332 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Call # |
297.1226 C |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to religion
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Cambridge companions to religion.
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| Bibliography |
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. |
| Subject |
Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Addl. Author |
McAuliffe, Jane Dammen.
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| ISBN |
0521831601 (hbk.) |
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9780521831604 (hbk.) |
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052153934X (pbk.) : |
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9780521539340 (pbk.) |
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