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Ladataan... The Koran: A Very Short Introduction (2000)Tekijä: Michael Cook
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. I was initially enthusiastic, but it turns out I was just enthusiastic to be reading something on the topic; a friend and I discussed the book, and he's right, it's just okay. Cook's decision to tell the story backwards is terrible, and makes everything harder to understand. He does deal with a lot of material, and this is probably a solid enough place to start, but most of what I learned was general stuff about Islam, not about the Quran itself. ( ) Cross-posting to goodreads, here, and perhaps my blog: Cook, M. 2000. The Koran, a very short introduction. Very short introductions 13. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. I ordered this a few weeks back around the time of that idiotic Burn a Koran day. Figuring I needed to know more about the Koran and discovering that Oxford University Press Very Short Introductions were on sale at amazon I ordered myself a copy of this. I must also give a quick shout out to Angel Rivera for helping me realize I need to learn more about the Koran. For one of my (admittedly minor) connections to the Koran see this blog post: http://marklindner.info/blog/2005/08/08/i-said-burn-that-library-col-johnston/ For a recent short update to this story see: http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20100910/NEWS/100909583/1007/news?tc=ar As for as Very Short Introductions go, and I have read at least a dozen, this one, to me, was probably in the middle. Which is to say, it is fairly good. You will probably learn something from it. I did find the layout of the book a bit odd, and I found the author's reasoning for it also odd: "After a couple of introductory chapters (Part One), I have chosen to write history backwards. Thus I deal first with the modern period (Part Two), then with the traditional Muslim world (Part Three), and finally with the formation of the Koran (Part Four). The reason for this choice is straightforward: for any but a specialist, the phenomena of our own times are easier to grasp than those of the past" ([iv]). As true as that may be, this book is a VSI and there is nothing approaching the "specialist" in it. I personally find that explanation condescending and insulting. And I imagine many others who read VSIs would also. From there he goes on to explain why he has "stuck to the old Anglicized form 'Koran'" for which I am culturally incompetent to judge whether it is a good reason or not but it sounds more acceptable to me ([iv]). The author early on discusses 'The idea of scripture' and does a good job throughout relating the Koran to other scriptures; Christian, Jewish, Zoroastrian, Hindu and Buddhist. Despite the more or less backwards chronology I did learn quite a bit about the Koran. I now look forward to finding an English translation and reading the Koran itself. Well, perhaps not the Koran itself, but that is addressed in the book being reviewed. The only other remaining gripe I have with the book is that the author frequently referred back to earlier passages but failed to give page references. I am sorry but I am not memorizing the book nor the passages from the Koran. So when he writes "We have already seen this kind of effect on a small scale in the case of the two verses which we alongside …" perhaps we have but I would actually learn far more if I knew where that prior juxtaposition was in the book so I could look for the again within the context of the current discussion (135-36). In summary, if you have had little exposure to the Koran this can be a valuable book. I found the quirky reverse chronology odd, but livable, and I think the insights of the author could be better showcased and made easier to learn from by the simple addition of self-referential cites. Preface Acknowledgements Contents List of illustrations Map of places mentioned in the text Part One: Introduction 1 Preliminaries 2 The message of the Koran Part Two: The Koran in the modern world 3 The dissemination of the Koran 4 The interpretation of the Koran 5 The very idea of scripture Part Three: The Koran in the traditional Muslim world 6 The Koran as codex 7 The Koran as text 8 The Koran as worship 9 The Koran as truth 10 The Koran as an object of dogma Part Four: The formation of the Koran 11 The collection of the Koran 12 The Koran in the lifetime of the prophet 13 Doubts and puzzles 14 Conclusion A note on Arabic Going further Index of Koranic verses Index Michael Cook explains how the history of the Koran makes it different from other works of scripture, with special emphasis on how the idiosyncrasies of written and spoken Arabic have had an effect on the development of the Koran. I also appreciated the comparisons between the way different commentators on the Koran have handled different textual and philosophical issues. Very interesting. näyttää 4/4
For anyone, at almost any level of knowledge, wanting to learn more about the Qur’an, this is a wonderful place to start. Reading Cook does not replace immersion in the Islamic holy book, but it does prepare one for reading it. The miniature format of the Very Short Introduction and its miniature price only make the study more alluring. Kuuluu näihin sarjoihin
"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."--Publisher description. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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