The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an

ISBN-13: 9781118964804 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 688 str.

Mojaddedi, Jawid

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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 a b 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 Jiha d 376
Reuven Firestone

Part IV Interpretation 389

25 Hermeneutics: al Tha lab 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 Ta w l 449
Diana Steigerwald

31 Isma l Ta w l 463
Diana Steigerwald

32 Modern and Contemporary Interpretation of the Qur a n 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 a n Verses 651

O autorze

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 .

Blurb

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. While retaining the literary approach to the subject, this new edition extends both the theological and philosophical approaches to the Qur′ n.

Edited by the noted authority on the Qur′ n, 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′ n in the West, the relationship between the Qur′ n and religions prior to Islam, and much more.

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Qur′ n is a rich and wide–ranging resource, exploring the Qur′ n as both a religious text and as a work of literature.