Author : A. J. Arberry
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 31,89 MB
Release : 1996-12-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0684825074
An English translation of the Muslim holy book portrays the spirit, rather than the exact context and rhythm, of the original Arabic text.
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Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,24 MB
Release : 2008-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199537327
The Koran is a book apart, not only as Holy Scripture for Muslims, but as the supreme classic of Arabic literature. In its 114 Suras, or chapters, it comprises the total of revelations believed to have been communicated to the prophet Muhammad as a final expression of God's will and purpose for man. The revelations were received over a number of years, the first dating from AD 610, the last shortly before Muhammad's death in AD 632, and the definitive canon was established some twenty years later. The Koran is neither prose nor poetry but a unique fusion of both. In his attempt to convey the sublime rhetoric of the original, Professor Arberry has carefully studied the intricate and richly varied rhythms which - apart from the message itself - serve to explain the Koran's undeniable claim to rank among the greatest literary masterpieces of mankind. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author : Ian Richard Netton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 15,64 MB
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136102744
Examines the role of God in medieval Islamic philosophy and theology in a new and exciting way. Renouncing the traditional chronological method of considering Islamic philosophy, Netton uses modern literary modes of criticism derived from structuralism, post-structuralism and semiotics.
Author : Alan J. Hauser
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 44,82 MB
Release : 2009-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802842747
History of Biblical Interpretation provides detailed and extensive studies of the interpretation of the Scriptures by Jewish and Christian writers throughout the ages. Written by internationally renowned scholars, this multivolume work comprehensively treats the many different methods of interpretation, the many important interpreters from various eras, and the many key issues that have surfaced repeatedly over the long course of biblical interpretation.--This second installment contains essays by fifteen noted scholars discussing major methods, movements, and interpreters in the Jewish and Christian communities from the beginning of the Middle Ages until the end of the sixteenth-century Reformation. The authors examine such themes as the variety of interpretive developments within Judaism during this period, the monumental work of Rashi and his followers, the achievements of the Carolingian era, and the later scholastic developments within the universities, beginningin the twelfth century.
Author : Christoph Luxenberg
Publisher : Verlag Hans Schiler
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,76 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Koran
ISBN : 3899300882
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Author : Arthur John Arberry
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 17,44 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Koran
ISBN : 9780192816283
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Publisher : Library of Islam, Limited
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 37,50 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN :
This is the first translation of the Quran by an American woman. It is a universal and inclusive translation with the hope that Islam will be better understood in the West. She also challenges the use of the wowrd "to beat" in 4: 34 as meaning "to go away" which is how the Prophet of Islam understood the word as it has historically justified violence against and abuse of Muslim women. "This interpretation must change," she says, "and revert to the way the Prophet understood it."
Author : Ian Richard Netton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 32,52 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136103309
An essay in literary criticism with a difference, addressing the nature of blasphemy and using selected novels by Salman Rushdie, Najib Mahfuz and Nikos Kazantzakis as case studies.
Author : E.M. Wherry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 29,73 MB
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136392041
This comprehensive set includes thorough examinations of the Qurán in Wherry's essential four volume commentary. There is also an excellent overview of Islam by the well known scholar Edward Sell, The Faith of Islam which examines the history of Islam, the different forms of Islam and religious practice. This set will prove to be an excellent historical resource for anyone interested in western scholarship of Islamic doctrine, and the writings in the Qurán
Author : George Anastaplo
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 48,56 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780739102909
George Anastaplo has written brilliantly and persuasively about ancient and modern Western political philosophy and literature and about American Constitutional history and law. With his latest book Anastaplo turns away from his areas of admitted expertise to offer, in his own words, "the explorations of a determined amateur with some practice in reading." The essays contained in this volume were originally conceived as a set of seminars, each culminating in a public lecture, which in turn formed the basis for contributions to Encyclopedia Brittanica's 1961-1998 series The Great Ideas Today. Gathered in this one volume, But Not Philosophy provides useful and thought-provoking introductions to seven major "schools" of non-Western thought: Mesopotamian, ancient African, Hindu, Confucian, Buddhist, Islamic, and North American Indian. Anastaplo studies ancient literary epics and legal codes and examines religious traditions and systems of thought, providing detailed references to authoritative histories and commentators. Movingly and thoughtfully written, the essays encourage readers to bring their own Western traditions under similar scrutiny, to study our own grasp of the divine, reliance upon nature and causality, and dependence on philosophy-to learn about what we are from what we are not.
