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The Blackwell Companion to the Qur’an

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2006
ISBN
9781405117524, 9780470751428
DOI
10.1002/9780470751428
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4850043 bytes)
Pages
568\568
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00

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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 scholars Provides 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 Islam Features notes, an extensive bibliography, indexes of names, Qur’an citations, topics, and technical terms Content: Chapter 1 Introducing (pages 1–17): Tamara SonnChapter 2 Discovering (pages 18–35): Christopher BuckChapter 3 Contextualizing (pages 36–50): Abdullah SaeedChapter 4 Linguistic Structure (pages 51–72): Salwa M. S. El?AwaChapter 5 Patterns of Address (pages 73–87): Rosalind Ward GwynneChapter 6 Language (pages 88–106): Mustansir MirChapter 7 Poetry and Language (pages 107–119): Navid KermaniChapter 8 Foreign Vocabulary (pages 120–139): Michael CarterChapter 9 Structure and the Emergence of Community (pages 140–158): Angelika NeuwirthChapter 10 Sacrality and Collection (pages 159–171): Aliza ShnizerChapter 11 Written Transmission (pages 172–186): Francois DerocheChapter 12 Context: Muhammad (pages 187–204): Herbert BergChapter 13 Context: ‘Umar b. al?Khattab (pages 205–220): Avraham HakimChapter 14 God (pages 221–233): Andrew RippinChapter 15 Prophets and Prophethood (pages 234–247): Uri RubinChapter 16 Moses (pages 248–265): Brannon WheelerChapter 17 Argumentation (pages 266–281): Kate ZebiriChapter 18 Knowing and Thinking (pages 282–297): A. H. Mathias ZahniserChapter 19 Sex, Sexuality, and the Family (pages 298–307): Khaleel MohammedChapter 20 Jihad (pages 308–320): Reuven FirestoneChapter 21 Hermeneutics: al?Tha‘labi (pages 321–337): Walid SalehChapter 22 Stories of the Prophets (pages 338–349): Marianna KlarChapter 23 Sufism (pages 350–361): Alan GodlasChapter 24 Rumi (pages 362–372): Jawid MojaddediChapter 25 Twelver Shir'i Tar’wil (pages 373–385): Diana SteigerwaldChapter 26 Ismar'ili Tar’wil (pages 386–400): Diana SteigerwaldChapter 27 Exegetical Sciences (pages 401–419): Jane Dammen McauliffeChapter 28 Theology (pages 420–433): Binyamin AbrahamovChapter 29 Jurisprudence (pages 434–449): A. Kevin ReinhartChapter 30 Contemporary Ethical Issues (pages 450–466): Leah KinbergChapter 31 Narrative Literature (pages 467–480): Roberto TottoliChapter 32 Recitation (pages 481–493): Anna M. Gade

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