Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān - (Set Volumes 1-5 plus Index Volume)
Biographical note
Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Ph.D. (Georgetown University, Washington) is Professor of History and Professor of Arabic.
Editorial Board
Assistant Editors: Monique Bernards (Vlijmen, The Netherlands) and John Nawas (Catholic University Leuven). Editorial Assistant: Clare Wilde. Advisory Board: Nasr Hamid Abu-Zayd (University of Leiden), Mohammad Arkoun (Sorbonne University), Gerhard Böwering (Yale University), Gerald R. Hawting (University of London), Frederik Leemhuis (University of Groningen), Angelika Neuwirth (Free University of Berlin), Uri Rubin (Tel-Aviv University).
Readership
The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān uses English-language entry words rather than transliterated terminology. This format makes the EQ accessible to both specialists in Arabic and Islamic studies as well as to scholars in such fields as biblical studies, medieval history, comparative literature and the social sciences. General readers, both Muslim and non-Muslim, will welcome the authoritative coverage that the EQ provides and the accessible format of its presentation. As the first such reference work on the Qur'ān in a Western language, the EQ will be indispensable for both academic and public libraries.
Reviews
'McAuliffe's encyclopedia promises to become the central English-language reference work for qur'anic studies....The first volume fulfills the project's aim to summarize recent decades of scholarship and will without doubt fulfill another aim, to inspire new work in the decades to come. Enthusiastically recommended for all readership levels.' Choice, 2002
'The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān is an highly prestigious and competent volume from a superb publisher with contributions by the world’s leading experts. If readers were to own one volume on this topic, this work would be the encylopedia to own. The first volume is carefully and masterfully crafted and provides the expectation of valuable work to come…the scholarly community looks forward to future volumes.’
Linda L. Lam-Easton, American Reference Book Annual, Vol. 34.
'The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān is a masterful, comprehensive book…'
Discourse, 2001.
'The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān will be a truly collaborative enterprise, carried out by Muslims and non-Muslims, and its articles will present multiple approaches to the interpretation of the Qur'ān... A turn-of-the-millennium summative work for the state of qur'ānic scholarship.'
Atlantic Monthly, 1999
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title
'The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān is an highly prestigious and competent volume from a superb publisher with contributions by the world’s leading experts. If readers were to own one volume on this topic, this work would be the encylopedia to own. The first volume is carefully and masterfully crafted and provides the expectation of valuable work to come…the scholarly community looks forward to future volumes.’
Linda L. Lam-Easton, American Reference Book Annual, Vol. 34.
'The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān is a masterful, comprehensive book…'
Discourse, 2001.
'The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān will be a truly collaborative enterprise, carried out by Muslims and non-Muslims, and its articles will present multiple approaches to the interpretation of the Qur'ān... A turn-of-the-millennium summative work for the state of qur'ānic scholarship.'
Atlantic Monthly, 1999
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title
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