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Title Introduction to the Qur'an [(DVD) videorecording] / Professor Martyn Oliver (American University) ; supervising producer, David C. White ; director, Jim M. Allen.

Edition Widescreen.
Publication Info. Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses, [2019]
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Great Courses  297.122 INT    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Great Courses  297.122 INT    AVAILABLE
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Description 2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (122 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Physical Medium DVD 4 3/4 in. rda
Description DVD digital optical rda
NTSC rda
DVD video file DVD video rda
Filmed lectures lcgft
Series The great courses. Religion & theology. Islam
Great courses (DVD). Religion.
System Details DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation.
Note Title from container.
Course no. 6019
Language In English; closed-captioned.
Performer Lecturer, Martyn Oliver.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references in course guidebook.
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.
Contents disc 1. lecture 1. Finding a path into the Qur'an -- lecture 2. 7th- century Mecca : religion and oral tradition -- lecture 3. The Qur'an becomes a "book" -- lecture 4. From Mecca to Medina : the revelation transforms -- lecture 5. God and Tawhid : divine nature in the Qur'an -- lecture 6. The Qur'anic creation story.
disc 2. lecture 7. Judgement Day and the end times : Yawm ad-Din -- lecture 8. Abraham, Moses and Qur'anic faith -- lecture 9. Prophethood in the Qur'an : Jesus and others -- lecture 10. From the Qur'an to Islam : creating a practice -- lecture 11. Sharia and jihad: the Qur'an as legal text -- lecture 12. Qur'anic philosophy, theology, and mysticism.
Subject Qurʼan -- Videodiscs.
Qurʼan -- History -- Videodiscs.
Islam -- History -- Videodiscs.
Islam -- Videodiscs.
Genre Lectures.
Educational films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
DVD-video discs.
Added Author Oliver, Martyn, speaker.
White, David C., 1982- film producer.
Allen, Jim M. (Film producer), film producer.
Teaching Company, publisher.
ISBN 1629977829
Standard No. 9781629977829
9781629977829
Music No. 6019 The Great Courses (container)
PB6019A The Great Courses (course guidebook)
ID6019A-01 The Great Courses (container)
PD6091A The Great Courses (disc labels)
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