The Qur'ân's self image : writing and authority in Islam's scripture /

Islam is frequently characterized as a "religion of the book," and yet Muslims take an almost entirely oral approach to their scripture. Qur'ân means "recitation" and refers to the actual words Muslims believe were revealed to Muhammad by God. Many recite the entire sacred t...

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Main Author: Madigan, Daniel A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2001.
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505 0 |a Introduction -- The Qur'ân as a Book -- The Qur'ân's Rejection of Some Common Conceptions of Kitâb -- Semantic Analysis and the Understanding of Kitâb -- The Semantic Field Kitâb I: Verbal Uses of the Root K-T-B -- The Semantic Field of Kitâb II: Titles and Process -- The Semantic Field of Kitâb III: Synonyms and Attributes -- The Elusiveness of the Kitâb: Plurals, Partitives, and Indefinites -- The Continuing Life of the Kitâb in Muslim Tradition -- Appendix: The People of the Kitâb. 
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