The Blackwell Companion to the Qur’ān

Copyright © 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

The Blackwell Companion to the Qur’ān

Editor(s): Andrew Rippin

Published Online: 4 FEB 2008

Print ISBN: 9781405117524

Online ISBN: 9780470751428

DOI: 10.1002/9780470751428

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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

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xiii)

  2. Part I: Orientation

    1. Chapter 1

      Introducing (pages 1–17)

      Tamara Sonn

    2. Chapter 2

      Discovering (pages 18–35)

      Christopher Buck

    3. Chapter 3

      Contextualizing (pages 36–50)

      Abdullah Saeed

  3. Part II: Text

    1. Chapter 4

      Linguistic Structure (pages 51–72)

      Salwa M. S. El-Awa

    2. Chapter 5

      Patterns of Address (pages 73–87)

      Rosalind Ward Gwynne

    3. Chapter 6

      Language (pages 88–106)

      Mustansir Mir

    4. Chapter 7

      Poetry and Language (pages 107–119)

      Navid Kermani

    5. Chapter 8

      Foreign Vocabulary (pages 120–139)

      Michael Carter

    6. Chapter 9

      Structure and the Emergence of Community (pages 140–158)

      Angelika Neuwirth

    7. Chapter 10

      Sacrality and Collection (pages 159–171)

      Aliza Shnizer

    8. Chapter 11

      Written Transmission (pages 172–186)

      François Déroche

    9. Chapter 12

      Context: Muhammad (pages 187–204)

      Herbert Berg

    10. Chapter 13

      Context: ‘Umar b. al-Khattāb (pages 205–220)

      Avraham Hakim

  4. Part III: Content

    1. Chapter 14

      God (pages 221–233)

      Andrew Rippin

    2. Chapter 15

      Prophets and Prophethood (pages 234–247)

      Uri Rubin

    3. Chapter 16

      Moses (pages 248–265)

      Brannon Wheeler

    4. Chapter 17

      Argumentation (pages 266–281)

      Kate Zebiri

    5. Chapter 18

      Knowing and Thinking (pages 282–297)

      A. H. Mathias Zahniser

    6. Chapter 19

      Sex, Sexuality, and the Family (pages 298–307)

      Khaleel Mohammed

    7. Chapter 20

      Jihād (pages 308–320)

      Reuven Firestone

  5. Part IV: Interpretation

    1. Chapter 21

      Hermeneutics: al-Tha‘labī (pages 321–337)

      Walid Saleh

    2. Chapter 22

      Stories of the Prophets (pages 338–349)

      Marianna Klar

    3. Chapter 23

      Sūfism (pages 350–361)

      Alan Godlas

    4. Chapter 24

      Rūmī (pages 362–372)

      Jawid Mojaddedi

    5. Chapter 25

      Twelver Shīr'ī Tar’wīl (pages 373–385)

      Diana Steigerwald

    6. Chapter 26

      Ismār'īlī Tar’wīl (pages 386–400)

      Diana Steigerwald

  6. Part V: Application

    1. Chapter 27

      Exegetical Sciences (pages 401–419)

      Jane Dammen Mcauliffe

    2. Chapter 28

      Theology (pages 420–433)

      Binyamin Abrahamov

    3. Chapter 29

      Jurisprudence (pages 434–449)

      A. Kevin Reinhart

    4. Chapter 30

      Contemporary Ethical Issues (pages 450–466)

      Leah Kinberg

    5. Chapter 31

      Narrative Literature (pages 467–480)

      Roberto Tottoli

    6. Chapter 32

      Recitation (pages 481–493)

      Anna M. Gade

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      Bibliography (pages 494–523)

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      Index of People, Places and Topics (pages 524–541)

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      Index of Qur’ān Verses (pages 542–560)

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