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Description for The Koran
Paperback. A new edition of one of the world's most important and influential books Editor(s): Jones, Alan. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 352. Clean copy with some shelf wear. Some wear and tear and minor yellowing to pages but remains good
A new edition of one of the world's most important and influential books
The Koran, the holy scripture of Islam, is the record of Muhammad's oral teaching delivered between the years immediately preceding the Hegira in AD 622 and the Prophet's death in AD 632.
It has exerted untold influence upon the history of mankind. Apart from its specifically religious content, inspiring the triumphant arms of Islam throughout vast areas of Asia, Africa and southern Europe, it was the starting point of a new literary and philosophical movement which powerfully affected the most cultivated minds among both Christians ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
W&N
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842126097
SKU
KCW0000218
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Alan Jones
Alan Jones is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. After studying Classics, Arabic and Persian at Cambridge he moved to Oxford to study Turkish. He has taught Arabic and Islamic Studies there since 1957. He is a specialist in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Arabic and in Quranic Studies, and, at a much later period, in the literature of Muslim Spain. ... Read more
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