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The Cambridge companion to the Qurʼān edited by Jane Dammen McAuliffe. - Cambridge, UK New York Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xv, 332 pages illustrations - Cambridge companions to religion .

Includes indexes.

includes Bibliographic references an index

Part I, Formation of the Quranic Text --The historical context / Fred M. Donner -- Creation of a fixed text / Claude Gilliot -- Alternative accounts of the Quran's formation / Harald Motzki -- Part II, Description and Analysis -- Themes and topics / Daniel A. Madigan -- Structural, linguistic and literary features / Angelika Neuwirth -- Recitation and aesthetic reception / William A. Graham and Navid Kermani -- Part III, Transmission and Dissemination -- From palm leaves to the Internet / Fred Leemhuis -- Inscriptions in art and architecture / Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom -- Part IV, Interpretations and Intellectual Traditions -- The tasks and traditions of interpretation / Jane Dammen Mcauliffe -- Multiple areas of influence / Alexander Knysh -- Western scholarship and the Quran / Andrew Rippin -- Part V, Contemporary Readings -- Women's readings of the Quran / Asma Barlas -- Political interpretation of the Quran / Stefan Wild -- The Quran and other religions / Abdulaziz Sachedina.

ISBN: 0521831601 (hbk.) 9780521831604 (hbk.) 052153934X (pbk.) 9780521539340 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2007295882

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA664590 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013517139 Uk

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: BP130.4 / .C36 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 297.1226