How to read the Qurʼan [electronic resource] : a new guide, with select translations / Carl W. Ernst.
2011
BP130 .E76 2011eb
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How to read the Qurʼan [electronic resource] : a new guide, with select translations / Carl W. Ernst.
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9780807869079 (electronic bk.)
9780807835166
0807835161
9780807835166
0807835161
Publication Details
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 273 p.) : ill.
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BP130 .E76 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
297.1/2261
Summary
Presents the Koran in an historical, nontheological manner in order to make it easier to approach, read, and understand for Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
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"This book was published with the assistance of the William R. Kenan Jr. Fund of the University of North Carolina Press"--t.p. verso.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Table of Contents
The problem of reading the Quran
The history and form of the Quran and the practices of reading
Early Meccan suras
Middle and later Meccan suras
Medinan suras
Toward a literary reading of the Quran.
The history and form of the Quran and the practices of reading
Early Meccan suras
Middle and later Meccan suras
Medinan suras
Toward a literary reading of the Quran.