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Qurans: Books of Divine Encounter
Keith E. Small
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Description for Qurans: Books of Divine Encounter
Paperback. This book provides a unique visual history of the Qur'an using fifty-five rare, beautiful and significant Qur'an manuscripts, providing a lavishly illustrated historical overview of one of the most influential, most memorized and enduring sacred books in our world. Num Pages: 176 pages, 58 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRHS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 538.
This book provides a unique visual history of the Qur'ān using fifty-five rare, beautiful and significant Qur'an manuscripts. A general introduction guides the reader through the Qur'ān's entry into the world of late near eastern antiquity, a world where books of scripture were inextricably bound to the political and religious identities of empires. Books of scripture, as well as being visible statements of divine majesty, personal piety and religious identity, were viewed as providing a point of contact with the divine. In this setting the Qur'ān came to be viewed by Muslims as the point of divine contact ... Read more
This book provides a unique visual history of the Qur'ān using fifty-five rare, beautiful and significant Qur'an manuscripts. A general introduction guides the reader through the Qur'ān's entry into the world of late near eastern antiquity, a world where books of scripture were inextricably bound to the political and religious identities of empires. Books of scripture, as well as being visible statements of divine majesty, personal piety and religious identity, were viewed as providing a point of contact with the divine. In this setting the Qur'ān came to be viewed by Muslims as the point of divine contact ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851242566
SKU
V9781851242566
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99-50
About Keith E. Small
Keith E. Small is Qur'ānic Manuscript Consultant to the Bodleian Library and Associate Research Fellow at the London School of Theology.
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