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Fully revised and updated, the second edition of
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Qur'ān offers an ideal resource for anyone who wishes to read and understand the Qur'ān 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'ān. Edited by the noted authority on the Qur'ān, 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'ān in the West, the relationship between the Qur'ān and religions prior to Islam, and much more.
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Qur'ān is a rich and wide-ranging resource, exploring the Qur'ān as both a religious text and as a work of literature.
List of contents
List of Contributors viii
Preface xi
Andrew Rippin Introduction 1
Jawid Mojaddedi Part I Orientation 5 1 Introducing 7
Tamara Sonn 2 Discovering 23
Christopher Buck 3 Contextualizing 43
Abdullah Saeed Part II Text 59 4 Linguistic Structure 61
Salwa El¿Awa 5 Patterns of Address 82
Rosalind Ward Gwynne 6 Language 97
Mustansir Mir 7 Poetry and Language 117
Navid Kermani 8 Foreign Vocabulary 130
Michael Carter 9 Structure and the Emergence of Community 151
Angelika Neuwirth 10 Sacrality and Collection 171
Aliza Shnizer 11 Written Transmission 184
François Déroche 12 Context: Muh¿ammad 200
Herbert Berg 13 Context: ¿Umar b. al¿Khat¿t¿äb 218
Avraham Hakim Part III Content 235 14 God 237
Andrew Rippin 15 Prophets and Prophethood 248
Uri Rubin 16 Moses 262
Brannon Wheeler 17 Abraham 280
Carol Bakhos 18 Jesus 288
Gordon Nickel 19 Biblical Background 303
Gabriel Said Reynolds 20 Other Religions 320
Mun'im Sirry 21 Argumentation 333
Kate Zebiri 22 Knowing and Thinking 349
A. H. Mathias Zahniser 23 Sex, Sexuality, and the Family 365
Khaleel Mohammed 24 Jihäd 376
Reuven Firestone Part IV Interpretation 389 25 Hermeneutics: al¿Thälab¿ 391
Walid Saleh 26 Stories of the Prophets 406
Marianna Klar 27 S¿u¿fism 418
Alan Godlas 28 Ru¿m¿ 430
Jawid Mojaddedi 29 Ibn al¿¿Arab¿ 442
Binyamin Abrahamov 30 Twelver Sh¿¿¿ Täw¿l 449
Diana Steigerwald 31 Ismä¿¿l¿ Täw¿l 463
Diana Steigerwald 32 Modern and Contemporary Interpretation of the Qur¿än 479
Johanna Pink Part V Application 493 33 Exegetical Sciences 495
Jane Dammen McAuliffe 34 Theology 512
Binyamin Abrahamov 35 Jurisprudence 526
A. Kevin Reinhart 36 Contemporary Ethical Issues 543
Leah Kinberg 37 Narrative Literature 562
Roberto Tottoli 38 Recitation 577
Anna M. Gade Bibliography 591
Index of People, Places and Topics 632
Index of Qur¿än Verses 651
About the author
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¿.
Summary
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.
