Author: Cook, Michael

Price: $1.77

Category:Islam
Publication Date:2000-06-15T00:00:01Z
Pages:176
Binding:Paperback
ISBN:10:0192853449
ISBN:13:9780192853448
This Very Short Introduction explores the significance of the Koran both in the modern world and in traditional Muslim culture. Michael Cook provides a lucid and direct account of the Koran as codex, as scripture, as liturgy, and as the embodiment of truth, and examines its means of formation and dissemination. He also discusses issues of interpretation for certain key verses, demonstrating that fecundity of the text for readers throughout the world.