The Cambridge Companion To THE QUR'AN

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO THE QUR'AN
As the living scriptural heritage of more than a billion people, The Quran speaks with a powerful voice, Islam has produced a long tradition of interpretation for its holy boak: Nevertheless, efforts to introduce the Quran and its intellectual heritage to English caking audiences have been hampered by the lack of accessible and available resources. The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'an eks to remedy that situation. Jane McAuliffe brings together an international team of scholars to explain its complexities and provides a fascinating entree to a text that has shaped the lives of millions for centuries.
"This collection of essays, lucidly written and edited, will provide an indispensable resource for students, teachers, and scholars in Quranic studies and for anyone looking for an overview of past and present controversies in interpreting the Qur'an." Michael Sells, John Henry Barrows Professor of Islamic History and Literature in the Divinity School University of Chicago
CONTENTS
Introduction JANE PAMMEN MEAULIEFE Parth Formation of the Qur'anic text
1. The historical context FRED M. PONNER
3: Creation of a fixed text CLAUDE GILLIAT 3. Alternative accounts of the Qur'an's formation HARAFP MOTZKI
Part 1: Description and analysis + Themes and topics DANIEL A MADIGAN 5 Structural, linguistic and literary features ANGELIKA NEUWI8TH
Recitation and aesthetic reception WILLIAM A: GRAHAM
AND NAVIR KERMANI Part II Transmission and dissemination
> From palm leaves to the Internet FNERIFEMUMIS & Inscriptions in art and architecture SHEILA BLAIN AND JONATHAN #499M
Part IV Interpretations and intellectual traditions
9 The tasks and traditions of interpretation JANE PAMMEN MEAULIFFE
19 Multiple areas of influence ALEXANDER KNYSH
14 Western scholarship and the Qur'an ANDREW RIPPIN
Part Contemporary readings
Women's readings of the Quran ASMER MARIAS Political interpretation of the Qur'an STEFAN WILD
The Quran and other religions