McAuliffe, Jane Dammen (ed) creator text New Delhi The Cambridge University Press 2006 monographic 332 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 Quran-Hermeneutics 297.1227 MCA 978-1-107-46167-3