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The ''Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān'' (abbreviated EQ) is an encyclopedia dedicated to
Quranic Studies Qur'anic studies is the academic study of the Quran, the religious scripture of Islam. Schools Behnam Sadeghi and Mohsen Goudarzi classify scholars of Quranic studies into four groups: traditionalists, revisionists, skeptics, and neo-traditiona ...
edited by Islamic scholar
Jane Dammen McAuliffe Jane Dammen McAuliffe (born 1944) is an American educator, scholar of Islam and the inaugural director of national and international outreach at the Library of Congress. She is a president emeritus of Bryn Mawr College and former dean of Georget ...
, and published by Brill Publishers.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'an'' 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 *
Encyclopaedia Iranica An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopædia (British English) is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either general or special to a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into article ...


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