Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 576 pages
- Published by: Wiley-Blackwell July 2, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1405117524
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1405117524
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Book Dimensions:
9.8 x 7 x 1.5 inches
- Weighs: 2.6 pounds
Product Review
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2007"This substantial volume, consisting of thirty 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 requirements 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 thirty 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 JournalA Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2007
"This substantial volume, consisting of thirty 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 requirements 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 thirty 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
Product Review
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2007"This substantial volume, consisting of thirty 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 requirements 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 thirty 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
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