1st Edition
Literary Structures of Religious Meaning in the Qu'ran
By Issa J Boullata
Copyright 2000
408 Pages
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Routledge
406 Pages
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Routledge
393 Pages
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This volume studies how the literary elements in the Qur'an function in conveying its religious message effectively. It is divided into three parts. Part one includes studies of the whole Qur'an or large segments of it belonging to one historical period of its revelation; these studies concentrate on the analysis of its language, its style, its structural composition, its aesthetic... Read more
Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction Part I FORM, MEANING, AND TEXTUAL STRUCTURE IN THE QUR'AN Part II LITERARY APPROACHES TO SELECTED SURAS OF THE QUR'AN Part III LITERARY APPRECIATION OF THE QUR'AN: PAST AND PRESENT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
Biography
McGill University
'A good attempt to develop a new approach towards a contemporary understanding for the Qur'an. The various essays provide a different flavour of scholarship, which add to the value of the book' - The Expository Times
'The volume represents a valuable contribution to quranic studies.' - Bulletin of SOAS
