Ernst, Carl W.,  1950- <br/><br/>
How to read the Qurʼan :  a new guide, with select translations / 
Carl W. Ernst. 
 - Chapel Hill :  University of North Carolina Press,  ©2011. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 273 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/> "This book was published with the assistance of the William R. Kenan Jr. Fund of the University of North Carolina Press." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>The problem of reading the Quran -- The history and form of the Quran and the practices of reading -- Early Meccan suras -- Middle and later Meccan suras -- Medinan suras -- Toward a literary reading of the Quran. 
<br/><br/> This book offers a compact introduction and reader's guide for anyone, non-Muslim or Muslim, who wants to know how to approach, read, and understand the text of the Qur'an. Using a chronological reading of the text according to the conclusions of modern scholarship, Ernst offers a nontheological approach that treats the Qur'an as a historical text that unfolded over time, in dialogue with its audience, during the career of the Prophet Muhammad. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780807869079 0807869074 9781469602448 146960244X 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctt62cjg  JSTOR 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Qurʼan--Introductions.<br/>Qurʼan--Reading.<br/>Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Qurʼan.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Qurʼan as literature.<br/>RELIGION--Islam--Koran & Sacred Writings.<br/>Qurʼan as literature.<br/>Reading.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Introductions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP130  / .E76 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>297.1/2261