Opening the Qur'an: Introducing Islam's Holy Book

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Opening the Qur’an OPENING THE QUR’AN Introducing Islam’s Holy Book Walter H. Wagner University of Notre Dame Press • Notre Dame,Indiana Copyright © 2008 by University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 www.undpress.nd.edu All Rights Reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wagner,Walter H., 1935– Opening the Qur’an : introducing Islam’s holy book /Walter H.Wagner. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-268-04415-2 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-268-04415-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Koran—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 2. Koran—Hermeneutics. 3. Koran—Reading. 4. Koran—History. I. Title. BP130.4.W24 2008 297.1'2261—dc22 2008027221 ∞ The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. ...