TY - BOOK AU - McAuliffe, Jane Dammen TI - The Cambridge companion to the Qur'an SN - 9780521539340 AV - BP130.4. C36 PY - 2006/// PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Koran--Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Qur'an--Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - 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 ER -