Title:
The Cambridge companion to the Qurʼān / edited by Jane Dammen McAuliffe.
Author:
McAuliffe, Jane Dammen.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Call Number:
BP130.4 .C36 2006
Series Title:
Cambridge companions to religion
Title Subject:
Electronic Access:
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2007295882-d.htmlTable of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2007295882-t.html
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0732/2007295882-b.html
ISBN:
9780521831604
9780521539340
Series:
Cambridge companions to religion
Physical Description:
xv, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Includes indexes.
Contents:
Formation of the qurʼānic text. The historical context / Creation of a fixed text / Alternative accounts of the Qurʼān's formation / Description and analysis. Themes and topics / Structural, linguistic and literary features / Recitation and aesthetic reception / Transmission and dissemination. From palm leaves to the Internet / Inscriptions in art and architecture / Interpretations and intellectual traditions. The tasks and traditions of interpretation / Multiple areas of influence / Western scholarship and the Qurʼān / Contemporary readings. Women's readings of the Qurʼān / Political interpretation of the Qurʼān / The Qurʼān and other religions
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