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A RUSA 2007 Outstanding Reference Title The Qur'an is the source of inspiration for one of the world's major religions, followed today by over a billion people. It plays a central role in Islam and ever since it appeared fourteen hundred years ago has been the subject of intense debate. Some of this has been carried out by Muslims and some by those hostile or indifferent to Islam, producing a very wide range of views. Authored by forty-three international experts, the objective of __The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia__ is to present this diversity of thought, approach and school without priority, in order to give a strong appreciation of the range of response that the text has provoked throughout its history and providing students and researchers with a powerful one-volume resource covering all aspects of the text and its reception. Islam and the Qur'an are much in the news today and there is a public debate going on in which things are said about the Qur'an without much knowledge or understanding of the book. Every effort has been made to help the reader use the __Encyclopedia__ as an investigative tool in Quranic studies. The volume assumes no previous knowledge of the Qur'an, Islam or

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Author

Oliver Leaman

Publisher

Routledge Ebsco Publishing [distributor

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781134339723

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Religion, Reference