How to Read the Qur'an
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
9780748650705 (ISBN)
With new translations of 725 verses, this compact introduction and reader's guide to the Qur'an gives non-Arabic speakers the most precise translations available together with the tools they need to understand the text. It deals with sensitive issues regarding the interpretation of sacred texts and helps students to understand the differing points of view and major debates. A substantial explanatory introduction summarises the historical and literary issues and engages with the religious and political context of understanding the Qur'an today, including an appreciation of the ritual and oral uses of text.
Carl W. Ernst is a W.R. Kenan Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Director of the Carolina Center for the Study of Middle East and Muslim Civilizations at UNC Global. He is author of several books including Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World (EUP, 2004), Sufi Martyrs of Love (Palgrave, 2002) and Teachings of Sufism (Shambhala Publications, 1999).
Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Problem with Reading the Qur'an; 1: The History and the Form of the Qur'an and the Practices of Reading; 2: Early Meccan Suras; 3: Middle and Later Meccan Suras; 4: Medinan Suras; Conclusion: Toward a Literary Reading of the Qur'an; Appendix A: Reading the Structure of the Meccan Suras; Appendix B: Ring Structure in Sura 2 and Sura 5; Appendix C: Suggested Interpretive Exercises; Notes; Suggested Reading; Index of Scriptural Citations; General Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.2.2012 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 8 black and white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 445 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam |
| ISBN-13 | 9780748650705 / 9780748650705 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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