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Introduction to the Qur'an. Cover Image DVD DVD

Introduction to the Qur'an.

Oliver, Martyn, (instructor.). Teaching Company, (production company.).

Summary:

"Travel back to the 7th century Mecca to learn the earliest history of Islam and to discover the world into which it was born."--Container.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781629977829
  • ISBN: 1629977829
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (122 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
  • Publisher: Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Course No. 6019"--Container.
12 lectures (30 min. each).
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references in course guidebook.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1. Finding a path into the Qur'an -- 7th- century Mecca: religion and oral tradition -- The Qur'an becomes a "book" -- From Mecca to Medina: the revelation transforms -- God and Tawhid: divine nature in the Qur'an -- The Qur'anic creation story. Disc 2. Judgement Day and the end times: Yawm ad-Din -- Abraham, Moses and Qur'anic faith -- Prophethood in the Qur'an: Jesus and others -- From the Qur'an to Islam: creating a practice -- Sharia and jihad: the Qur'an as legal text -- Qur'anic philosophy, theology, and mysticism.
Participant or Performer Note:
Lecturer: Martyn Oliver, American University.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Language Note:
In English; closed-captioned.
Subject: Qurʼan.
Qurʼan > History.
Islam > History.
Islam.
Genre: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Lectures.
Educational films.
Nonfiction films.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Valley Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Easton Area Public Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Easton Main Library DVD 297.1 O (Text) 31901004415669 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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