Qur anic Studies Today brings together thirteen specialists in the field of Islamic studies to provide a range of essays that reflect the depth and breadth of scholarship on the Qur n.
The volume analyses different aspects of the interactions between the Qur an and other religious texts over the course of history. It features essays that probe certain Qur anic figures or themes cross-textually within the Qur an, such as an exploration of Qur anic allusions to the wife of Lot, or an analysis of the Jonah narratives. Other essays focus on particular suras, such as a reading of Suras 10-15...
Qur anic Studies Today brings together thirteen specialists in the field of Islamic studies to provide a range of essays that reflect the depth and...
Maria Rosa Menocal Raymond P. Scheindlin Michael Sells
The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature: The Literature of Al-Andalus explores the culture of Iberia from the eighth to the thirteenth century, and to the centuries following the Christian conquest, when Arabic continued to be used. While the focus is on literature, the study extends to the related fields of philosophy, art, architecture and music. Edited by an Arabist, a Hebraist and a Romance scholar, with individual chapters by a team of the world's leading experts in the field, this is a truly interdisciplinary and comparative work offering a radical new approach.
The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature: The Literature of Al-Andalus explores the culture of Iberia from the eighth to the thirteenth century, and...
