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A Beginner's Guide
Farid Esack
ISBN: 9781851686247
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oneworld Publications
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At the heart of the Islamic tradition lies the Qur'an - law-maker, moral code, and the word of God, speaking directly to Muslims for over one thousand years…
The Qur'an has spoken to Muslims for over one thousand years; it is seen as law-maker, moral code, and the word of God. Drawing on both contemporary and ancient sources, Esack outlines the key themes and explains the historical and cultural context of this unique work whilst examining its content, language and style, and the variety of approaches, including fundamentalist, feminist, and modernist, that have been used to interpret it. Other areas covered include: the Qu'ran as evocative oral experience; understanding and interpreting the Qu'ran; and, the major themes of the Qu'ran, including such issues as truth, justice and gender relations.
| ISBN | 185168624X | | Pages | 224 | | ISBN13 | 9781851686247
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Oneworld Publications | | Weight (grammes) | 336 | | Imprint | Oneworld Publications | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Beginner's Guides | | Publication date | 27 Jan 2009 | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Library of Congress | BP130 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 297.122 | | Spine width (mm) | 25 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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| 1 | | Introduction | | 1 | | 2 | | The Qur'an in the lives of Muslims | | 14 | | 3 | | The word enters the world | | 34 | | 4 | | The Qur'an as written word | | 65 | | 5 | | Gathering the Qur'an | | 93 | | 6 | | The Prophet and the begotten-not- created Qur'an | | 120 | | 7 | | Understanding and interpreting the Qur'an | | 145 | | 8 | | Belief in the Qur'an | | 176 | | 9 | | Righteous conduct in the Qur'an | | 201 | | | | Postscript | | 233 | | | | Notes | | 236 | | | | Bibliography | | 268 | | | | Index | | 278 |
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