The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an: 46 (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion) - Softcover

Rippin, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405188200 ISBN 13: 9781405188203

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004

Synopsis

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

About this title

Review:

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2007

"This substantial volume, consisting of 30 original essays on the Qur'an by leading authorities in the field, is undoubtedly the best single-volume introduction to Islam's sacred text currently available in English ... The editor has done a superb job in putting together a volume of generally high-quality essays that will serve the needs of a serious reading public, and also constitute an ideal text for introductory courses on the Qur'an at the university and college level. Essential." Choice

"This scholarly publication should be available in all academic libraries"
The Muslim World Book Review

"Rippin has kept his feet on the ground with this impressive collection of some 30 analyses of contemporary - mainly exegetical - issues associated with Qur'anic studies."
Reference Reviews

"A thorough, scholarly introduction to the complexities of the Qur'an as both a religious text and as a work of literature."
Middle East Journal

"These articles cover important and understudied traditions of quranic exegesis." Bulletin of the school of Oriental and African Studies

From the Back Cover:

The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an is the ideal resource for anyone who wishes to read and understand the Qur'an as a text and as a vital piece of Muslim life. The volume is divided into accessible sections, including an initial orientation to the text for the first-time reader. The Companion then goes on to consider:

• The structure of the Qur'an, asking why it looks the way it does
  
• The content of the Qur'an and what the text is about
  
• The rhetoric of the Qur'an and how it conveys its message
  
• How Muslims have interpreted the text
  
• The place of the Qur'an in the religion of Islam
  
• The manifestation of the Qur'an in the world.

The main body of the book comprises over 30 original essays written by leading scholars in the field. These are supported by notes, an extensive bibliography, indexes of names, Qur'an citations, topics, and technical terms.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1405188200
• ISBN 13: 9781405188203
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 578