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The al-Baqara crescendo : understanding the Qurʼanʼs style, narrative structure, and running themes /

"This book is a study of the poetics of Qurʼanic narrative, specifically the poetics of Surat al-Baqara, the second and longest sura in the Qurʼan. It argues that the sura, which has often been dismissed by Orientalist critics as a jumbled collection of unrelated material, can be appreciated as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reda, Nevin, 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017.
Colección:Advancing studies in religion ; 1.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"This book is a study of the poetics of Qurʼanic narrative, specifically the poetics of Surat al-Baqara, the second and longest sura in the Qurʼan. It argues that the sura, which has often been dismissed by Orientalist critics as a jumbled collection of unrelated material, can be appreciated as a coherent composition by approaching it as an oral text, that is, by paying attention to oral structural markers such as repetition."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780773548879
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