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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | Advancing studies in religion ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- 1. How to read the Qur'an holistically : understanding the rationale
- 2. Beginning at the beginning : Al-Fātiḥa as a prelude to Surat al-Baqara
- 3. Symmetry and a mounting dynamic : al-Baqara's skeletal outline
- 4. Thematic affirmation : al-Baqara's chiastic structure
- 5. "God as guide" : Surat al-Baqara's running theme in the divine self-revelatory reading
- 6. Placing humanity at the focal point : "responsibility" as the pedagogical running theme of Surat al-Baquara
- 7. Windows into the tradition : al-Biqā'ī and al-Ṭabāṭabā'ī on Surat al-Baqara
- Conclusion
- Appendix : Holistic approaches in Biblical studies.