The Koran: a Very Short Introduction
Author(s): M.A. Cook
Explores the significance of the Koran both in the modern world and in traditional Muslim culture. This book provides an account of the Koran as codex, as scripture, as liturgy, and as the embodiment of truth, and examines its means of formation and dissemination. It also discusses issues of interpretation for certain key verses.
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"In a beautifully written, concise, and insightful study... Michael Cook makes clear some of the mysteries of this holy book....Evocative and explanatory.... For anyone, at almost any level of knowledge, wanting to learn more about the Qur'an, this is a wonderful place to start."--First Things
General Fields
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- : Oxford University Press
- : Oxford University Press
- : 0.146
- : 24 February 2000
- : 174mm X 111mm X 12mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : M.A. Cook
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 297.12261
- : 176
- : black and white halftones and line drawings