McAuliffe, Jane Dammen (ed) <br/><br/>
The Cambridge Companion to The Qur'an 

 - New Delhi  The Cambridge University Press  2006 
 - 332 
<br/><br/> Introduction: Jane Dammen McAuliffe<br/><br/>Part I Formation of the Qur'anic text<br/>1. The historical context: Fred M. Donner<br/>2. Creation of a fixed text: Claude Gilliot<br/>3. Alternative accounts of the Qur'an's formation: Haralad Motzki<br/><br/>Part II Description and Analysis<br/>4. Themes and topics: Danial A. Madigan<br/>5. Structural, linguistic an dliterary features: Angelika Neuwirth<br/>6. Recitation and aesthetics reception: William A. Graham and   Navid Kermani<br/><br/>Part III Transmission and dissemination<br/>7. From palm leaves to the Internet: Fred Leemhuis<br/>8. Inscriptions in art and architecture: Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom<br/><br/>Part IV Interpretations and intellectual traditions<br/>9. The tasks and traditions of interpretation: jane Dammen McAuliffe<br/>10. Multiple areas of influence: Alexander Knysh<br/>11. Western scholarship and the Qur'an: Andrew Rippin<br/><br/>Part V Contemporary readings<br/>12. Women's readings of the Qur'an: Asma Barlas<br/>13. Political interpretation of the Qur'an: Stefan Wild<br/>14. The Qur'an and other religions: Abdulaziz Sachedina<br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-1-107-46167-3 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Quran-Hermeneutics
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>297.1227 MCA