Conventions -- Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Editors' Introduction : The Qur'an's three worlds / George Archer, Maria M. Dakake, and Daniel A. Madigan -- Part I. The World Before the Qur'an -- 1. Late antiquity and the religious milieu of the Qur'an's origins / By Sidney Griffith -- 2. Arabia : Ripe for revelation / Gordon D. Newby -- 3. Mecca and Medina : The sacred geography of the Qur'anic revelation / Maria M. Dakake -- Part II. The World of the Qur'an -- 4. God the Speaker : The Many-Named One / Tim Winter -- 5. Humanity in covenant with God / Joseph E.B. Lumbard -- 6. Qur'an eschatology / Mohammed Rustom -- 7. Abraham and his family / Halla Attallah and George Archer -- 8. Biblical prophets : Moses, Joseph, Jonah, and Job / Roberto Tottoli -- 9. John, Jesus, and Mary in the Qur'an / George Archer -- 10. Muhammad in the Qur'an / Joseph E.B. Lumbard -- 11. The praiseworthy / Feryal Salem -- 12. The people of Scripture ('Ahl al-Kitāb') / Michael Pregill -- 13. Qur'anic creation : Anthropocentric readings and ecocentric possibilities / Sarra Tlili -- 14. Jinn in the Qur'an / Ali A. Olomi -- 15. Style in the Qur'an / Devin J. Stewart -- 16. Structure and organization of the Qur'an / Nevin Reda -- 17. Qur'anic kerygma : Epic, apocalypse, and typological figuration / Todd Lawson -- 18. Metaphor, symbol, and parable in the Qur'an / Caner Dagli -- 19. The relationship between the oral and the written / Lauren E. Osborne -- Part III. The World in Front of the Qur'an -- 20. Asbāb al-Nuzūl : The (good) occasions of revelation / Ahmed Ragab -- 21. The early commentators of the Qur'an / S.R. Burge -- 22. Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī seen through his 'Great Commentary on the Qur'an' / Michel Lagarde -- 23. 'Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr' : A window onto medieval Islam and a guide to the development of modern Islamic orthodoxy / Younus Y. Mirza -- 24. The formative development of Shiʻi Qur'anic exegesis / Maria M. Dakake -- 25. Methodological observations in al-ʻAllāma al-Ṭabāṭabāʼī's Qur'an commentary : 'Al-Mīzān' / Abdulaziz Sachedina -- 26. The Qur'an in the thought of Ibn ʻArabī / William C. Chittick -- 27. Sufi Tafsīr / Lahouari R. Taleb -- 28. Shiʻi Ismaili approaches to the Qur'an : From revelation to exegesis / Khalil Andani -- 29. Women's contemporary readings of the Qur'an / Hadia Mubarak -- 30. War and peace in the Qur'an / Rumee Ahmed -- 31. Muḥammad ʻAbduh and Sayyid Quṭb : The Qur'an as a tool of transformation / Massimo Campanini -- 32. Readings of the Qur'an from outside the tradition / Emran El-Badawi -- 33. Translations / Johanna Pink -- 34. The Qur'an and material culture / Travis Zadeh -- 35. The Qur'an and the internet / Gary R. Bunt -- 36. The Qur'an in contemporary mass and popular culture / N.A. Mansour -- 37. The Qur'an and 'Kalām' / David Thomas -- 38. The impact of the Qur'an on Islamic philosophy / Gholamreza Aavani -- 39. Political theology and the Qur'an / Paul L. Heck -- 40. The Qur'an and medicine / Elaine van Dalen -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
"'The Routledge Companion to the Qur'an' offers an impressive and comprehensive overview of the formative scripture of Islam. Including a wide number of scholarly approaches to the Qur'an by both established authorities and emergent voices, the forty essays in this volume represent the latest word on the academic understanding of the Muslim scripture. The Qur'an is spoken of in scholarship across disciplines ; it is the beating heart of a living community of believers; it is a work of beauty and basis for art and culture ; it is a profoundly significant historical artifact ; and it is a mysterious survivor from the Late Ancient Arabic-speaking world. This 'Handbook' accompanies the reader into the many worlds that the Qur'an lives in, from its ancient settings, to its internal drama, and through the 1,400 years of discussion and debate about its meaning. Bringing diverse approaches to the Qur'an together in one volume 'The Routledge Companion to the Qur'an' represents the vibrancy of the field of Qur'anic Studies today. This 'Handbook' is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies and Islamic studies. This 'Handbook' will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as, area studies, sociology, anthropology, and history."-- Provided by publisher.
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