The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rippin, Andrew, 1950-2016.

Contributor:

Rippin, Andrew, 1950-2016.

Series:

Blackwell companions to religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qurʼan--Appreciation.

Qurʼan.

Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Koran--Appreciation.

Koran--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Local Subjects:

Koran--Appreciation.

Koran--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (578 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Wiley, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an is a reader's guide, a true companion for anyone who wishes to read and understand the Qur'an as a text and as a vital piece of Muslim life. Comprises over 30 original essays by leading scholarsProvides exceptionally broad coverage - considering the structure, content and rhetoric of the Qur'an; how Muslims have interpreted the text and how they interact with it; and the Qur'an's place in IslamFeatures notes, an extensive bibliography, indexes of names, Qur'an citations, topics, and technical terms

Contents:

The Blackwell Companion to the Qur>a ̄n; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part I Orientation; 1 Introducing; 2 Discovering; 3 Contextualizing; Part II Text; 4 Linguistic Structure; 5 Patterns of Address; 6 Language; 7 Poetry and Language; 8 Foreign Vocabulary; 9 Structure and the Emergence of Community; 10 Sacrality and Collection; 11 Written Transmission; 12 Context: Muh. ammad; 13 Context: Umar b. al-Khattab; Part III Content; 14 God; 15 Prophets and Prophethood; 16 Moses; 17 Argumentation; 18 Knowing and Thinking; 19 Sex, Sexuality, and the Family; 20 Jihad; Part IV Interpretation

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-78034-571-2

OCLC:

476116388