Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

The Cambridge companion to the Qur'an

McAuliffe, Jane Dammen

The Cambridge companion to the Qur'an - Cambridge University Press 2006

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.

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Koran--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Qur'an--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BP130.4. C36