Women in the Qur'an, Traditions, and Interpretation

Name: Women in the Qur'an, Traditions, and Interpretation
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ISBN: 9780195084801

ISBN-10: 0195084802

ISBN-13: 9780195084801

Edition: 1994

Authors: Barbara Freyer Stowasser

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Islamic ideas about women and their role in society spark considerable debate--both in the Western world, and in the Islamic world itself. Despite the popular attention surrounding Middle Eastern attitudes toward women, there has been little systematic study of the statements regarding women in the Qur'an. Barbara Stowasser fills this void with this study on the women of Islamic sacred history. Women and the Qur'an, Traditions, and Interpretation presents the Qur'anic revelations on female figures associated with God's prophets from Adam to Muhammad. Revealed narratives and legislation are then pursued through their medieval, modern, and contemporary interpretations. The theological…

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List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/18/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.56" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction



Women in Sacred History



The Qur'an



The Chapter of Eve



The Women of Noah, Lot, and Abraham



The Chapter of Zulaykha



The Women in the Life of the Prophet Moses



The Chapter of Bilqis, Queen of Sheeba



The Chapter of Mary



The Prophet's Wives



The Mothers of the Believers in the Qur'an



The Mothers of the Believers in the Hadith



Modern Muslim Interpretations


Notes


References


Glossary


Index