The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an (Volume One: A-D) [Hardcover]

Jane Dammen McAuliffe (Editor)

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Publication Date: March 15, 2001

Features alphabetical entries with the publication of volume Five.

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• Hardcover: 558 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub (March 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004114653
• ISBN-13: 978-9004114654
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.2 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Collection of Current Scholarship in Islamics, November 14, 2001

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The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an represents the most current knowledge available regarding Islam and Qur'anic Studies. Jane Dammen Mcauliffe has done an excellent job compiling contributions from an impressive list of scholars. Andrew Rippin, G.R. Hawting, Patricia Crone, Herbert Berg, Bowering, Beatrice Greundler, and a host of others all weigh in on issues ranging from the Chronology of the Qur'an to its Compilation; and from Exegetical issues to the controversial questions of the Origins of the Qur'an. Excellent Scholarship marks the first volume's entries on the topics of Arabic Scripts, Language, and Paleography. It draws on recent research and scholarship, including the "paper grave" of manuscripts discovered in Sana'a Yemen which are currently being analyzed by German Professor Gerhard Puin. This first available volume covers topics from "A" through "D", and makes many references to future entries in the volumes which are to follow. While the entries are based on thorough research and academic study, several of the conclusions and observations will be quite controversial in the Muslim community, particularly those which call into question the reliability of Muslim Literary Traditions, and those which are damaging to the traditional understandings of the nature of the Qur'an as a monolithic, unevolved (or even uncreated) source of Divine Revelation. This volume, and those which follow, are certain to establish themselves as instant classics in the libraries of scholars and academic students of Islam around the world.