LINGUIST List 15.1641

Tue May 25 2004

Books: Ling & Literature: Robinson

Editor for this issue: Neil Salmond <neillinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. gla2, Discovering the Qur'an: Robinson

 

Title: Discovering the Qur'an
Subtitle: A Contemporary Approach to a Veiled Text, Second Edition 

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu 

Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589010248

Author: Neal Robinson 

Paperback: ISBN: 1589010248, Pages: 360, Price: U.S. $26.95 

			
Abstract:

This latest edition of Discovering the Qur'an includes a new preface
by the author. Used by students around the world as a reliable guide
to reading a translation of the Qur'an, it shows how the Qur'an is
experienced by Muslims, describing the rhythmic and rhyme scheme
structures, the context in which it is heard, the part played by
learning by heart, and the importance of calligraphy. It is also about
the Qur'an and its relationship to Muhammed, as well as helping to
divine the ordering of the 'surahs' or chapters. In an
English-speaking world newly sensitized to Islam and its believers,
Discovering the Qur'an will be an invaluable tool to greater
understanding.


Lingfield(s):	Ling & Literature
		
Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG) 


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