Approaching the Qur'án: Readings

Armstrong, Karen. Islam: A Short History. New York: Modern Library, 2000.

Armstrong, Karen. Muhammad: A Biography of a Prophet. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993.
Available in UL Storage: BP75 .A76 1992

As`ad, Muhammad. The Road to Mecca. Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae, 2001.
Available in Davis Library: BP170.5 .A83 2001

Boulatta, Issa, ed. Literary Structures of Religious Meaning in the Qur'án. Richmond: Curzon Press, 2000.
Available in Davis Library: BP131.8 .L58 2000

Cook, Michael. The Koran: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Available in Davis Library: BP130.4 .C66 2000

Cook, Michael. Muhammad. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983.
Available in Davis Library: BP75 .C66 1983

Graham, William. Beyond the Written Word: Oral Aspects of Scripture in the History of Religion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
Available in Davis Library: BL71 .G7 1987

Hawting, G. R., and Abdul-Kader A. Shareef, eds. Approaches to the Qur'án. London: Routledge, 1993.
Available in Davis Library: BP130.45 .A67 1993

Khalidi, Tarif. Classical Arab Islam: The Culture and Heritage of the Golden Age. Princeton: Darwin Press, 1984.
Available in Davis Library: DS36.85 .K4 1984

Mahfuz, Najib. The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
Available in Davis Library: PJ7846.A46 C35 2001

McAuliffe, Jane Dammen. Qur'anic Christians: An Analysis of Classical and Modern Exegesis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Available in Davis Library: BP134.C45 M35 1991

Mernissi, Fatima. The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam. Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 1991.
Available in UL Storage: BP135.8.W67 M4713 1991

Peters, F. E. Muhammad and the Origins of Islam. Albany: SUNY Press, 1994.
Available in Davis Library: BP75 .P4 1994
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Rahman, Fazlur. Major Themes of the Qur'án. Minneapolis: Bibliotheca Islamica, 1980.
Available in Davis Library: BP132 .R33

Rippin, A., ed. Approaches to the History of the Interpretation of the Qur'án. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988.
Available in Davis Library: BP130.45 .A66 1988

Rippin, A., ed. The Qur'án: Formative Interpretation. Brooksfield, VT: Ashgate, 1999.
Available in Davis Library: BP130.45 .Q5 1999

Rippin, A., ed. The Qur'án: Style and Contents. Brooksfield, VT: Ashgate, 1999.

Robinson, Neal. Discovering the Qur'án: A Contemporary Approach to the Veiled Text. London: SCM Press, 1996.
Available in Davis Library: BP130.4 .R63 1996

Sells, Michael. "Resource List: Islam in the Wake of September 11."

Sonbol, Amina El Azhary, ed. Women, the Family, and Divorce Laws in Islamic History. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1996.
Available in Davis Library: HQ1170 .W84 1996

Stowasser, Barbara Freyer. Women in the Qur'án: Traditions and Interpretations. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Available in Davis Library: BP134.W6 S76 1994

Wadud-Muhsin, Amina. Qur'án and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Available in Davis Library: BP134.W6 W28 1999

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