5 Great Books on the Qur’an, selected by Juliane Hammer

Approaching the Qur’an: The Early Revelations, introd. and tr. By Michael Sells.  2nd ed., White Cloud Press, 2007; 1st ed., 1999.

Major Themes of the Qur’an, by Fazlur Rahman.  2nd ed., Chicago, 2009; 1st ed., Bibliotheca Islamica, 1980.

Modern Muslim Intellectuals and the Qur’an, ed. by Suha Taji-Farouki.  Oxford, 2004.

Qur’an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman’s Perspective, by Amina Wadud.  2nd ed., Oxford, 1999; 1st ed., Fajar Bakti, 1992.

The Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life, by Ingrid Mattson.  Blackwell, 2008.

Juliane Hammer, religious studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, [email protected].  Author of American Muslim Women, Religious Authority, and Activism: More than a Prayer (University of Texas Press, 2012).