The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion) - Hardcover

Rippin, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118964802 ISBN 13: 9781118964804

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2017

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FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED, THE SECOND EDITION OF THE WILEY BLACKWELL COMPANION TO THE QUR' N OFFERS AN IDEAL RESOURCE FOR ANYONE WHO WISHES TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE QUR' N AS A TEXT AND AS A VITAL COMPONENT OF MUSLIM LIFE. WHILE RETAINING THE LITERARY APPROACH TO THE SUBJECT, THIS NEW EDITION EXTENDS BOTH THE THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHES TO THE QUR' N. EDITED BY THE NOTED AUTHORITY ON THE QUR' N, ANDREW RIPPIN, AND ISLAMIC STUDIES SCHOLAR JAWID MOJADDEDI, AND WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OTHER INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED SCHOLARS, THE BOOK IS COMPREHENSIVE IN SCOPE AND WRITTEN IN CLEAR AND ACCESSIBLE LANGUAGE. NEW TO THIS EDITION IS MATERIAL ON MODERN EXEGESIS, THE STUDY OF THE QUR' N IN THE WEST, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE QUR' N AND RELIGIONS PRIOR TO ISLAM, AND MUCH MORE. THE WILEY BLACKWELL COMPANION TO THE QUR' N IS A RICH AND WIDE–RANGING RESOURCE, EXPLORING THE QUR' N AS BOTH A RELIGIOUS TEXT AND AS A WORK OF LITERATURE.

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Reseña del editor:

Fully revised and updated, the second edition of The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Qur' n offers an ideal resource for anyone who wishes to read and understand the Qur' n as a text and as a vital component of Muslim life. While retaining the literary approach to the subject, this new edition extends both the theological and philosophical approaches to the Qur' n. Edited by the noted authority on the Qur' n, Andrew Rippin, and Islamic Studies scholar Jawid Mojaddedi, and with contributions from other internationally renowned scholars, the book is comprehensive in scope and written in clear and accessible language. New to this edition is material on modern exegesis, the study of the Qur' n in the West, the relationship between the Qur' n and religions prior to Islam, and much more. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Qur' n is a rich and wide-ranging resource, exploring the Qur' n as both a religious text and as a work of literature.

Biografía del autor:

Andrew Rippin (d. 2016) was the Emeritus Professor of Islamic History at the University of Victoria, Canada. He was one of the world's leading scholars on the Qur' n. Jawid Mojaddedi is Professor of Religion at Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA. He is a leading scholar of fism with a focus on R m .

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• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1118964802
• ISBN 13: 9781118964804
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 688