The Qur'an, 9780190867676
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Unlock the Qur’an: Origins, themes, and impact on the world today.

The Qur'an

What Everyone Needs to Know®

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    2 April 2020

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Summary

Millions of non-Muslims know the name of the Muslim scripture, whether it is written as “Qur’an” or “Quran” or “Koran.” But for most, that is all they know. Many have fallen victim to the mass of misinformation that circulates about the Qur’an. Others may have tried to read the Qur’an, but the text itself is tough to decipher. With no sense of context, chronology, or interpretive history, many would-be readers of the Qur’an quickly give up the effort. As for those trying to find out what the …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780190867676
ISBN-10:0190867671
Author:Jane McAuliffe
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:Oxford University Press Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:2 April 2020
Weight:272g
Dimensions:137mm x 208mm x 20mm
Series:What Everyone Needs to Know®
About The Author

Jane McAuliffe

Jane McAuliffe is a senior research fellow at the Berkley Center of Georgetown University. Her previous positions include inaugural director of National and International Outreach at the Library of Congress and director of its John W. Kluge Center, president of Bryn Mawr College, and dean of arts and sciences at Georgetown University. McAuliffe has also taught at Emory University and the University of Toronto. She is general editor of the six-volume Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an, the first major reference work for the Qur’an in Western languages. Among other publications are: the Norton Critical Edition of the Qur’an (2017), the Norton Anthology of WorldReligions: Islam (2015), The Cambridge Companion to the Qur’an (2006), With Reverence for the Word (2002⁄2010), ‘Abbasid Authority Affirmed: The Early Years of al-Mansur (1995), and Qur’anic Christians: An Analysis of Classical and Modern Exegesis (1991⁄2007). She is past president of the American Academy of Religion and a member of the American Philosophical Society, the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants.

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