Jane Dammen McAuliffe (ed.)

Broschiertes Buch

The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'¿n

Beschreibung

The Qur'an (Koran) is the primary religious text for more than a billion people. Understood by Muslims to contain God's own words, it has been an object of reverence and intense study for centuries. This unique guide will help students clarify the complexities of text and commentary of the Qur'an.

Autor

Jane Dammen McAuliffe is Professor in the Departments of History and Arabic and Dean of Arts and Sciences at Georgetown University. Her numerous publications have focused primarily on the Qur'an, on early Islamic history and on the multiple relations between Islam and Christianity. Her books include Qur'anic Christians: An Analysis of Classical and Modern Exegesis (1991), and With Reverence for the Word: Medieval Scriptural Exegesis in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (2003), and she has edited the five-volume Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an (2001-2006),

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Religion
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9780521539340
• ISBN-10: 052153934X
• Artikelnr.: 20909169

Rezensionen

'This collection of essays, lucidly written and edited, will provide an indispensable resource for students, teachers, and scholars in Qur'anic studies and for anyone looking for an overview of past and present controversies in interpreting the Qur'an.' Michael Sells, Divinity School, University of Chicago