The Koran, Michael Cook
The Koran, Michael Cook
List: $15.99 | Sale: $11.20
Club: $7.99

The Koran
A Very Short Introduction

Author: Michael Cook

Narrator: Michael Cook

Unabridged: 5 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/08/2021

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Islam

Synopsis

The Koran has constituted a remarkably resilient core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Cook provides a lucid and direct account of the significance of the Koran both in the modern world and in that of traditional Islam. He gives vivid accounts of its role in Muslim civilization, illustrates the diversity of interpretations championed by traditional and modern commentators, discusses the processes by which the book took shape, and compares it to other scriptures and classics of the historic cultures of Eurasia.

About Michael Cook

Michael Cook is professor of Near Eastern studies at Princeton University. He is the author of Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought and A Brief History of the Human Race, among other books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Riku

More like A Very Short Introduction to Classical Arabic: exhausting linguistic analysis peppers the pages, though a lot of good stuff about the Koran and its many meanings are hidden inside. But frankly, I am dazed. This VSI, while being not so helpful in understanding the Koran itself, gives a good......more

Goodreads review by Tariq

This is book is a very concise and relevant view of issues related to the Koran. The Koran is a scripture, not a treatise or dogmatic theology. The author points out some of the known issues in the Koran, like the issue of abrogation of verses. How can all powerful Allah not know? The author does no......more

Goodreads review by Omar Ali

Pious Muslims may feel that in the presence of the text and its commentaries, they do not need Professor Michael Cook's "very short introduction" to the Koran. The pious may also wish to stay away because Professor Cook was once associated with the notorious "Hagarene hypothesis" (put forth in the 1......more

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List