Blackwell Companion to the Qur′an

List of Contributors.
<p>Preface (Andrew Rippin).</p>
<p>Part I: Orientation.</p>
<p>1. Introducing (Tamara Sonn).</p>
<p>2. Discovering (Christopher Buck).</p>
<p>3. Contextualizing (Abdullah Saeed).</p>
<p>Part II: Text.</p>
<p>4. Linguistic Structure (Salwa M.S. El–Awa).</p>
<p>5. Patterns of Address (Rosalind Ward Gwynne).</p>
<p>6. Language (Mustansir Mir).</p>
<p>7. Poetry and Language (Navid Kermani).</p>
<p>8. Foreign Vocabulary (Michael Carter).</p>
<p>9. Structure and the Emergence of Community (Angelika Neuwirth).</p>
<p>10. Sacrality and Collection (Aliza Shnizer).</p>
<p>11. Written Transmission (Francois Deroche).</p>
<p>12. Context: Muhammad (Herbert Berg).</p>
<p>13. Context: ′Umar b. al–Khattab (Avraham Hakim).</p>
<p>Part III: Content.</p>
<p>14. God (Andrew Rippin).</p>
<p>15. Prophets and Prophethood (Uri Rubin)].</p>
<p>16. Moses (Brannon Wheeler).</p>
<p>17. Argumentation (Kate Zebiri).</p>
<p>18. Knowing and Thinking (A.H. Mathias Zahniser).</p>
<p>19. Sex, Sexuality, and the Family (Khaleel Mohammed).</p>
<p>20. Jihad (Reuven Firestone).</p>
<p>Part IV: Interpretation.</p>
<p>21. Hermeneutics: al–Tha′labi (Marianna Klar).</p>
<p>22. Stories of the Prophets (Marianna Klar).</p>
<p>23. Sufism (Alan Goldas).</p>
<p>24. Rumi (Jawid Mojaddedi).</p>
<p>25. Twelver Shi I Ta wil (Diana Steigerwald).</p>
<p>26. Isma ili Ta wil (Diana Steigerwald).</p>
<p>Part V: Application.</p>
<p>27. Exegetical Sciences (Jane Dammen McAuliffe).</p>
<p>28. Theology (Binyamin Abrahamov).</p>
<p>29. Jurisprudence (A. Kevin Reinhart).</p>
<p>30. Contemporary Ethical Issues (Leah Kinberg).</p>
<p>31. Narrative Literature (Roberto Tottoli).</p>
<p>32. Recitation (Anna M. Gade).</p>
<p>Bibliography.</p>
<p>Index of People, Places and Topics.</p>
<p>Index of Qur an Verses.</p>