TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wagner,Walter H.
TI  - Opening the Qur'an: Introducing Islam's Holy Book
SN  - 9780268158484
AV  - BP130.4 .W24 2008 
U1  - 297.1/2261 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Notre Dame, IN
PB  - University of Notre Dame Press
KW  - Qurʼan-Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Qurʼan-Hermeneutics
KW  - Qurʼan-Reading
KW  - Qurʼan.-English.-Sale-History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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