{"product_id":"key-terms-of-the-quran-nicolai-sinai-9780691241319","title":"Key Terms of the Qur'an: A Critical Dictionary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential single-volume companion to the critical interpretation of Islamic scripture\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book provides detailed and multidisciplinary coverage of a wealth of key Qur'anic terms, with incisive entries on crucial expressions ranging from the divine names \u003ci\u003eallāh\u003c\/i\u003e (\"God\") and \u003ci\u003eal-raḥmān\u003c\/i\u003e (\"the Merciful\") to the Qur'anic understanding of belief and self-surrender to God. It examines what the terms mean in Qur'anic usage, discusses how to translate them into English, and delineates the role they play in expressing the Qur'an's distinctive understanding of God, humans, and the cosmos. It offers a comprehensive but nonreductionist investigation of the relationship of Qur'anic terms to earlier traditions such as Jewish and Christian literature, pre-Islamic Arabic poetry, and Arabian epigraphy. While the dictionary is primarily engaged in ascertaining what the Qur'an would have meant to its original recipients in late antique Arabia, it makes selective and critical use of later Muslim scholarship alongside an extensive body of secondary research in English, German, and French from the nineteenth century to today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe most authoritative historical-critical reference work on key Qur'anic terms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures a host of entries ranging from concise overviews to substantial essays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDraws on comparative material such as Jewish and Christian literature, pre-Islamic Arabic poetry, and Arabian epigraphy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscusses how to best translate Qur'anic terms into English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores the Qur'an's vision of God, humans, and the cosmos through an analysis of fundamental and recurrent Qur'anic expressions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccessible to readers with little or no Arabic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicolai Sinai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691241317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691241319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 7.00w x 2.10d","brand":"Nicolai Sinai","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075388338431,"sku":"9780691241319","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3d67a99-b655-4226-b984-7e6eca6649ea.jpg?v=1685459125","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/key-terms-of-the-quran-nicolai-sinai-9780691241319","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}