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Item Details
| Title:
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THE QUR'AN
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| By: |
Bruce Lawrence |
| Format: |
Paperback / softback |
| List price:
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£10.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
080214344X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780802143440 |
| Publisher: |
GROVE PRESS / ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
18 February, 2008 |
| Series: |
Books That Changed the World |
| Description: |
A distinguished historian of religion shows precisely how the Qur'an is the embodiment of Islam. He describes the origins of the faith in 7th-century Arabia and explains why the Qur'an is both memorized and recited by devout Muslims. |
| Synopsis: |
Meditative and unique, a lovely read for any spiritual person, Muslim or not. "Publisher's Weekly " Few books in history have been as poorly understood as the Qur an. Sent down in a series of revelations to the Prophet Muhammad, the Qur an is the unmediated word of Allah, a ritual, political, and legal authority, an ethical and spiritual guide, and a literary masterpiece. In this book, one of the launch titles in Atlantic Monthly Press Books That Changed the World series, the distinguished historian of religion Bruce Lawrence shows precisely how the Qur an is Islam. He describes the origins of the faith and assesses its tremendous influence on today s societies and politics. Above all, Lawrence emphasizes that the Qur an is a sacred book of signs that has no single message. It is a book that demands interpretation and one that can be properly understood only through its history. Bruce Lawrence s work is a beautifully written and, in these increasingly troubled times, invaluable introduction to and exploration of the core sacred text of Islam." |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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