| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 213 pages) |
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Curzon studies in the Qur'ān |
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Curzon studies in the Qurʼān.
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| Contents |
Pt. I. The Stories of the Prophets in the Qur'an. 1. The function and meaning of the stories of the prophets in the Qur'an. 1. The stories of punishment. 2. Muhammad and the Biblical tradition. 3. How the Qur'an defines the stories of the prophets. 2. The Biblical prophets in the Qur'an. 1. Adam. 2. Noah. 3. Abraham. 4. Lot. 5. Joseph. 6. Moses. 7. David and Solomon. 8. Jesus. 9. Job, Jonah, Elijah, Elisha and others. 10. The unnamed prophets. 11. The Arabian prophets. 3. Prophets and messengers according to the Qur'an -- pt. II. The Biblical Prophets in Muslim Literature. 4. Introduction. 5. Storytellers and converts. 1. The role of the storytellers (qussas). 2. The converts; Ka'b al-Ahbar. 6. The Biblical prophets in Qur'anic exegesis. 1. The origins of exegetical literature. 2. The commentary of Ibn Jarir al-Tabari. 7. The Biblical prophets in the sayings of Muhammad. 1. The prophets and Muhammad. 2. The sayings regarding the ascension into heaven and the intercession. 3. The savings about the Biblical prophets and Jesus. 8. The Biblical prophets in historiography. 1. The origins of historiography. 2. The Biblical prophets in Muslim historiography. 9. The literary genre of the stories of the prophets. 1. Wahb ibn Munabbih. 2. Ishaq ibn Bishr and 'Umara ibn Wathima. 3. al-Tha'labi. 4. al-Kisa'i. 5. al-Tarafi. 10. The Biblical prophets in medieval and modern literature. 1. The stories of the prophets in the middle ages. 2. The reaction of Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Kathir. 3. The twentieth century: Muhammad 'Abduh. 4. The rejection of the isra'illiyyat in contemporary literature. 5. The stories of the prophets today |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Koran gnd |
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Prophets in the Qurʼan.
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Prophets, Pre-Islamic.
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Prophets in literature.
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Islamic literature -- History and criticism.
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RELIGION -- Islam -- Theology.
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Islamic literature
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Prophets in literature
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Prophets in the Qurʼan
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Prophets, Pre-Islamic
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Islamische Literatur
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Prophet
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Profeten.
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Koran.
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Islam.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136123146 |
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1136123148 |
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