@book{20777,
	author = {McAuliffe, Jane Dammen (ed)},
	title = {The Cambridge Companion to The Qur'an},
	publisher = {The Cambridge University Press},
	year = {2006},
	address = {New Delhi},
	note = {Introduction: Jane Dammen McAuliffe

Part I Formation of the Qur'anic text
1. The historical context: Fred M. Donner
2. Creation of a fixed text: Claude Gilliot
3. Alternative accounts of the Qur'an's formation: Haralad Motzki

Part II Description and Analysis
4. Themes and topics: Danial A. Madigan
5. Structural, linguistic an dliterary features: Angelika Neuwirth
6. Recitation and aesthetics reception: William A. Graham and   Navid Kermani

Part III Transmission and dissemination
7. From palm leaves to the Internet: Fred Leemhuis
8. Inscriptions in art and architecture: Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom

Part IV Interpretations and intellectual traditions
9. The tasks and traditions of interpretation: jane Dammen McAuliffe
10. Multiple areas of influence: Alexander Knysh
11. Western scholarship and the Qur'an: Andrew Rippin

Part V Contemporary readings
12. Women's readings of the Qur'an: Asma Barlas
13. Political interpretation of the Qur'an: Stefan Wild
14. The Qur'an and other religions: Abdulaziz Sachedina

}
}