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Opening the Qur'an : Introducing Islam's Holy Book.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Notre Dame, IN : University of Notre Dame Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (392 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780268158484
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Opening the Qur'anDDC classification:
  • 297.1/2261
LOC classification:
  • BP130.4 .W24 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chronology, from 570 to 680 CE -- Part I. Approaching the Qur'an -- One. Risks, Perspectives, and Understandings -- Two. Basic Narratives for Judaism and Christianity -- Three. Islam's Basic Narrative and Core Positions -- Four. The Setting: Reflections on Arabia -- Five. Times and the Messenger -- Six. The Origin, Transmission, and Structures of the Qur'an -- Seven. Interpreting the Qur'an -- Part II. The Qur'an Opened -- Eight. Four Cherished Passages -- Nine. The Qur'an on the End of This World and Life in the Hereafter -- Ten. The Qur'an on Woman and Women -- Eleven. The Qur'an on Biblical Figures, Jews and Christians -- Twelve. The Qur'an on Justice and Jihad -- Part III. The Ever-Open Qur'an -- Thirteen. Challenges from the Qur'an -- Fourteen. Challenges to the Qur'an -- Fifteen. The Qur'an Opened and Open -- Appendix A. Traditional Names and Order of Surahs -- Appendix B. Biblical Figures Mentioned in the Qur'an -- Appendix C. Glossary of Key Terms -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Religious Texts.
Summary: Walter H. Wagner describes the content and intent of the Qur'an for fellow Christians with the intention of fostering understanding of Islam and its practices.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chronology, from 570 to 680 CE -- Part I. Approaching the Qur'an -- One. Risks, Perspectives, and Understandings -- Two. Basic Narratives for Judaism and Christianity -- Three. Islam's Basic Narrative and Core Positions -- Four. The Setting: Reflections on Arabia -- Five. Times and the Messenger -- Six. The Origin, Transmission, and Structures of the Qur'an -- Seven. Interpreting the Qur'an -- Part II. The Qur'an Opened -- Eight. Four Cherished Passages -- Nine. The Qur'an on the End of This World and Life in the Hereafter -- Ten. The Qur'an on Woman and Women -- Eleven. The Qur'an on Biblical Figures, Jews and Christians -- Twelve. The Qur'an on Justice and Jihad -- Part III. The Ever-Open Qur'an -- Thirteen. Challenges from the Qur'an -- Fourteen. Challenges to the Qur'an -- Fifteen. The Qur'an Opened and Open -- Appendix A. Traditional Names and Order of Surahs -- Appendix B. Biblical Figures Mentioned in the Qur'an -- Appendix C. Glossary of Key Terms -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Religious Texts.

Walter H. Wagner describes the content and intent of the Qur'an for fellow Christians with the intention of fostering understanding of Islam and its practices.

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