https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Quran-Scholars https://booksandideas.net/Quran-Scholars 2020-11-16T08:00:00Z text/html en Matteo Bächtold Islam History religion Bible Institut français Saudi Arabia interpretation <p>The three large volumes of <i>Le Coran des historiens</i> (The Historian's Quran) revolutionises the reading of this text, much as the historical-critical exegesis of the Bible did in the 19<sup class="typo_exposants">th</sup> century. It does this by carefully situating the Quran in its historical, political religious and legal context and at the crossroads of the civilisations that engendered it.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Pilgrimage-to-Mecca-An-Industry-Under-Control https://booksandideas.net/Pilgrimage-to-Mecca-An-Industry-Under-Control 2015-09-21T05:30:00Z text/html en Sylvia Chiffoleau International Islam religion trade Institut français Saudi Arabia <p>By comparing the Muslim pilgrimage in its contemporary form with its past manifestations, Sylvia Chiffoleau shows how the control procedures established long ago have been strengthened and expanded by the Saudi dynasty in order to deal with a sharp rise in the number of pilgrims but also to increase its own legitimacy.</p>