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Curzon, Routledge
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English
Pages
393

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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: PART I FORM, MEANING, AND TEXTUAL STRUCTURE
IN THE QUR'AN
1 A Literary Approach to the Hymnic Suras of the Qur'an:
Spirit, Gender, and Aural Intertextuality
Michael Sells
2 Major Transitions and Thematic Borders in Two Long Siras:
alBaqara and al-Nisa'
A.H. Mathias Zahniser
3 Text and Textuality: Q. 3:7 as a Point of Intersection
Jane Dammen McAuliffe
4 Formulaic Features of the Punishment-Stories
Alford T. Welch
5 "Desiring the Face of God": The Qur'anic Symbolism of
Personal Responsibility
Andrew Rippin
6 Fawdtih al-Suwar: The Mysterious Letters of the Qur'an
Irfan Shahzd
PART II LITERARY APPROACHES TO SELECTED
SURAS OF THE QUR'AN
7 Referentiality and Textuality in Sarat al-.Hijr Some Observations
on the Qur'anic "Canonical Process" and the Emergence
of a Community
Angelika Neuwirth
8 Irony in the Qur'in: A Study of the Story of Joseph
Mustansir Mir
9 Reflections on the Dynamics and Spirituality of Surat al-Furqan
Anthony H. Johns
10 The Enchantment of Reading: Sound, Meaning, and
Expression in Surat al-'Adiyat
Soraya M. Hajjaji-Jarrah
PART III LITERARY APPRECIATION OF THE
QUR'AN: PAST AND PRESENT
11 The Aesthetic Reception of the Qur'in as Reflected in
Early Muslim History
Navid Kermani
12 Ellipsis in the Qur'an: A Study of Ibn Qutayba's Ta'wil
Mushkil al-Qur'an
Yusuf Rahman
13 Literary Exegesis of the Qur'in: The Case of al-Sharif al-Radi
Mahmoud M. Ayoub
14 Studies in the Majaz and Metaphorical Language of the
Qur'an: Abu 'Ubayda and al-Sharif al-Radi
Kamal Abu-Deeb
15 Sayyid Qutb's Literary Appreciation of the Qur'an
IssaJ. Boullata
Bibliography
Index.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-388) and index.

Published in
Richmond
Series
Curzon studies in the Qur'ān

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
297.1/226
Library of Congress
BP131.8 .L58 2000, BP131.8.L58 2000, BP131.8 .L58 2000eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 393 p. ;
Number of pages
393

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3997267M
Internet Archive
literarystructur0000unse
ISBN 10
0700712569
LCCN
2001339925
OCLC/WorldCat
45333973, 839547143
Goodreads
1729372

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