Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
Advancing studies in religion ; 1 |
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Advancing studies in religion ; 1.
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Contents |
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 |
Summary |
"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."-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
SUBJECT |
Qurʼan. Sūrat al-Baqarah -- Commentaries
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Qurʼan. Sūrat al-Baqarah fast |
Subject |
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
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Genre/Form |
Commentaries
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780773548879 |
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0773548874 |
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9780773548886 |
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0773548882 |
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9780773548862 |
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0773548866 |
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0773548858 |
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9780773548855 |
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