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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825667703321

Autore

Rippin Andrew <1950-2016.>

Titolo

The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008

ISBN

1-78034-571-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (578 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to religion

Altri autori (Persone)

RippinAndrew <1950-2016.>

Disciplina

297.1/226

297.122

297.1226

Soggetti

Koran -- Appreciation

Koran -- Criticism, interpretation, etc

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Islam

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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