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Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān, Edited by Jane Dammen McAuliffe, 6 volumes, Brill, 2001-2006.Volumes I, II, III, IV, V, VIPresentation by the the publisher: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. With nearly 1000 entries in 5 volumes, the EQ is the first comprehensive, multi-volume reference work on the Qur'ān to appear in a Western language.The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān uses English-language entry words rather than transliterated terminology. This format makes the EQ accessible to both specialists in Arabic and Islamic studies as well as to scholars in such fields as biblical studies, medieval history, comparative literature and the social sciences. General readers, both Muslim and non-Muslim, will welcome the authoritative coverage that the EQ provides and the accessible format of its presentation. As the first such reference work on the Qur'ān in a Western language, the EQ will be indispensable for both academic and public libraries. Jane Dammen McAuliffe  is Professor of History and Professor of Arabic. She has published Abbasid Authority Affirmed: The Early Years of al-Mansur (State University of New York Press, 1995) and Qur'anic Christians: An Analysis of Classical and Modern Exegesis (Cambridge University Press, 1991).&#160;Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān , volume I, A-D