Islam/ 
edited by Mona Siddiqui 
 - Los Angles:  Sage,  2010. 
 - 541p.  15.6cm. 
<br/><br/><br/><br/>Contents<br/>Appendix of Sources<br/>Editor's Introduction: Islam    -  Mona Siddiqui<br/><br/><br/>Volume I: Qur'an and Prophecy<br/>1. Understanding the Qur'an in Text and Context 1<br/>Richard C. Martin<br/>2. Qur'an as Spoken Word: An Islamic Contribution<br/>to the Understanding of Scripture 23<br/>William A. Graham<br/>3. The Tasks and Traditions of Interpretation 47<br/>Jane Dammen McAuliffe<br/>4. The Dilemma of the Literary Approach to the Qur'an 73<br/>Nasr Abu-Zayd<br/>5. Structure and the Emergence of Community 101<br/>Angelika Neuwirth<br/>6. Sound, Spirit, and Gender in Surat al-Qadr 123<br/>Michael Sells<br/>7. The Light Verse: Qur'anic Text and Sufi Interpretation 155<br/>Gerhard Bowering<br/>8. Some Key Ethical Concepts of the Qur'an 185<br/>Fazlur Rahman<br/>9. The Will in the Qur'an 201<br/>Frederick M. Denny<br/>10. Themes and Topics 207<br/>Daniel A. Madigan<br/>11. Readings of the Qur'an in London and Najaf: John Wansbrough<br/>and Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr 223<br/>Chibli Mallat<br/>12. History and Nostalgia: Reflections on John Wansbrough's<br/>The Sectarian Milieu 243<br/>Norman Calder<br/>13. Images of Muhammad in the Work of Iqbal: Tradition and Alterations 267<br/>Earle H. Waugh<br/>14. The Signs of Prophecy: The Emergence and Early Development<br/>of a Theme in Arabic Theological Literature 279<br/>Sarah Stroumsa<br/>15. Pre-Existence and Light: Aspects of the Concept of Nur Muhammad 291<br/>U. Rubin<br/>16. The Story of Portraits of the Prophet Muhammad 345<br/>Olr Grabar and Mika Natif<br/>17. Devorion to the Prophet and His Family in Egyptian Sufism 367<br/>Valerie J. Hoffman-Ladd<br/>18. Metaphors and Sacred History: The Genealogy of Muhammad<br/>and the Arab "Tribe" 395<br/>Daniel Martin Varisco<br/>19. The Quest of the Historical Muhammad 423<br/>EE. Peters<br/><br/><br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781847873606 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>297  / SID/I