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9780521539340

The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'ān

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521539340

  • ISBN10:

    052153934X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-12-11
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

As the living scriptural heritage of more than a billion people, the Qur'an (Koran) speaks with a powerful voice. Just as other scriptural religions, Islam has produced a long tradition of interpretation for its holy book. Nevertheless, efforts to introduce the Qur'an and its intellectual heritage to English-speaking audiences have been hampered by the lack of available resources. The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'an seeks to remedy that situation. In a discerning summation of the field, Jane McAuliffe brings together an international team of scholars to explain its complexities. Comprising fourteen chapters, each devoted to a topic of central importance, the book is rich in historical, linguistic and literary detail, while also reflecting the influence of other disciplines. For both the university student and the general reader, The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'an provides a fascinating entrée to a text that has shaped the lives of millions for centuries.

Table of Contents

List of figures xi
Notes on contributors xiii
Introduction 1
JANE DAMMEN McAULIFFE
Part I Formation of the qur'anic text
1 The historical context
23
FRED M. DONNER
2 Creation of a fixed text
41
CLAUDE GILLIOT
3 Alternative accounts of the Qur'an's formation
59
HARALD MOTZKI
Part II Description and analysis
4 Themes and topics
79
DANIEL A. MADIGAN
5 Structural, linguistic and literary features
97
ANGELIKA NEUWIRTH
6 Recitation and aesthetic reception
115
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM AND NAVID KERMANI
Part III Transmission and dissemination
7 From palm leaves to the Internet
145
FRED LEEMHUIS
8 Inscriptions in art and architecture
163
SHEILA BLAIR AND JONATHAN BLOOM
Part IV Interpretations and intellectual traditions
9 The tasks and traditions of interpretation
181
JANE DAMMEN McAULIFFE
10 Multiple areas of influence
211
ALEXANDER KNYSH
11 Western scholarship and the Qur'an
235
ANDREW RIPPIN
Part V Contemporary readings
12 Women's readings of the Qur'an
255
ASMA BARLAS
13 Political interpretation of the Qur'an
273
STEFAN WILD
14 The Qur'an and other religions
291
ABDULAZIZ SACHEDINA
Qur'an citation index 310
General index 318

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