Encyclopedia of the Qur'an: Si-Z (Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an) (Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an)
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Book Description
The Qur'ān is the primary religious text for one-sixth of the world's population. Understood by Muslims to contain God's own words, it has been an object of reverence and of intense study for centuries. The thousands of volumes that Muslim scholars have devoted to qur'ānic interpretation and to the linguistic, rhetorical and narrative analysis of the text are sufficient to create entire libraries of qur'ānic studies.
Drawing upon a rich scholarly heritage, Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān (EQ) combines alphabetically-arranged articles about the contents of the Qur'ān. It is an encyclopaedic dictionary of qur'ānic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur'ānic studies. With nearly 1000 entries in 5 volumes, the EQ is the first comprehensive, multi-volume reference work on the Qur'ān to appear in a Western language.
Cross-referencing and indices Frequent cross-references will draw readers to related entries and each article will conclude with a citation of relevant bibliography. The final volume of the EQ will contain indices of transliterated terms, of qur'ānic references and of the authors and exegetes cited in the entries and essays. It will also include a synoptic outline of the full contents of the EQ.
Fully international work The EQ is a fully international work supported by an international board of advisors. Scholars from many nations have written articles for the encyclopaedia.
About the Author
Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Ph.D. (Georgetown University, Washington DC) is Professor of History and Professor of Arabic. She has published Abbasid Authority Affirmed: The Early Years of al-Mansur (State University of New York Press, 1995) and Qur'anic Christians: An Analysis of Classical and Modern Exegesis (Cambridge University Press. 1991).
Encyclopedia of the Qur'an: Si-Z (Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an) (Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an),Jane Dammen McAuliffe,Brill Academic Publishers,9004123563,History,History: World,Reference,Religion - Commentaries / Reference,Islam,Reference works,Sacred texts
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