Encyclopaedia Of The Qurʾān
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The ''Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān'' (abbreviated ''EQ'') is an
encyclopedia An encyclopedia is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge, either general or special, in a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into article (publishing), articles or entries that are arranged Alp ...
dedicated to
Quranic Studies Quranic studies is the academic study of the Quran, the central religious text of Islam. Like in biblical studies, the field uses and applies a diverse set of Academic discipline, disciplines and methods, such as philology, textual criticism, lex ...
edited by Islamic scholar Jane Dammen McAuliffe, and published by
Brill Publishers Brill Academic Publishers () is a Dutch international academic publisher of books, academic journals, and Bibliographic database, databases founded in 1683, making it one of the oldest publishing houses in the Netherlands. Founded in the South ...
.Promotion text by Brill: "Drawing upon a rich scholarly heritage, Brill's ''Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān'' (''EQ'') combines alphabetically arranged articles about the contents of the Qur'ān. It is an encyclopaedic dictionary of qur'ānic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur'ānic studies.
''Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān'' at Brill publishers
/ref> It was published in five volumes during 2001-2006: * Vol. I: A-D (publication year 2001) * Vol. II: E-I (2002) * Vol. III: J-O (2003) * Vol. IV: P-Sh (2004) * Vol. V: Si-Z (2006) * Index Vol. (2006)


See also

* ''
Encyclopaedia of Islam The ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'' (''EI'') is a reference work that facilitates the Islamic studies, academic study of Islam. It is published by Brill Publishers, Brill and provides information on various aspects of Islam and the Muslim world, Isl ...
'' * '' Encyclopaedia Iranica''


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''Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān''
* Publisher site
''Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān'' at Brill publishers
* Review: * Another encyclopaedia
''Integrated Encyclopedia of the Qur'ān'' at IEQ project
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