by Michael Cook · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789895521876
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«El Corán: Una Introducción Muy Breve» is the introductory essay by Michael Cook published by Edições Quasi in paperback (182 pages, in Portuguese).
Michael Cook examines the Koran as codex, scripture, liturgy and embodiment of truth, and explains how it was formed and disseminated. He also analyses the interpretation of some key verses and their role as a core of identity and continuity of Islam, both in traditional Muslim culture and in the contemporary world.
Portuguese edition, translated by João Manuel Pinheiro, of the original «The Koran: A Very Short Introduction». Belongs to the series «Very Short Introductions», number 13.
For readers interested in religion, history and Islamic culture or in short essays of academic popularisation.
Michael Allan Cook FBA is a British historian and scholar of Islamic history. Cook is the general editor of The New Cambridge History of Islam.
