Discovering the Qurʼan
Subtitle: a contemporary approach to a veiled text
By: Neal Robinson.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Koran -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Description: "This latest edition of Discovering the Qur'an includes a new preface by the author. Used by students around the world as a reliable guide to reading a translation of the Qur'an, it shows how the Qur'an is experienced by Muslims, describing the rhythmic and rhyme scheme structures, the context in which it is heard; the part played by learning by heart, and the importance of calligraphy. It is also about the Qur'an and its relationship to Muhammed, as well as helping to divine the ordering of the surahs or chapters. In an English-speaking world newly sensitized to Islam and its believers, Discovering the Qur'an will be an invaluable tool to greater understanding."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-301) and indexes.
First published: SCM Press, 1996.