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An Oral-Formulaic Study of the Qurʼan / Andrew G. Bannister.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]Description: 1 online resource (xii, 318 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780739183588
  • 0739183583
  • 9780739183588
  • 1306706378
  • 9781306706377
  • 1498557104
  • 9781498557108
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: An Oral-Formulaic Study of the QurʼanDDC classification:
  • 297.1/22 23
LOC classification:
  • PJ6696
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
The Qurʼan and narrative biblicist traditions -- The narratival roots of the Islamic tradition -- The development of oral literary theory -- The application of oral-formulaic theory to pre-Islamic arabic poetry -- Mapping the landscape: a computerised formulaic analysis of the Qurʼanic text -- Digging deeper: verse-level formulaic analysis -- Searching for formulaic systems -- Iblis and Adam: a comparative application of computerised and "manual" methods of formulaic analysis to the seven retellings -- Conclusion: The Qurʼan and orality -- Appendix: The Seven Iblis and Adam stories and an English translation.
Summary: This unique book uses innovative computerized oral-formulaic analysis of the Arabic text of the Qur'an to demonstrate that much of the Qur'an was composed live in oral performance. It explores the rich oral culture that both predated and preceded the Qur'an's formative period, and shows that only by viewing the Qur'an through an oral lens can one begin to properly understand the process by which it first coalesced.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-305) and index.

The Qurʼan and narrative biblicist traditions -- The narratival roots of the Islamic tradition -- The development of oral literary theory -- The application of oral-formulaic theory to pre-Islamic arabic poetry -- Mapping the landscape: a computerised formulaic analysis of the Qurʼanic text -- Digging deeper: verse-level formulaic analysis -- Searching for formulaic systems -- Iblis and Adam: a comparative application of computerised and "manual" methods of formulaic analysis to the seven retellings -- Conclusion: The Qurʼan and orality -- Appendix: The Seven Iblis and Adam stories and an English translation.

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This unique book uses innovative computerized oral-formulaic analysis of the Arabic text of the Qur'an to demonstrate that much of the Qur'an was composed live in oral performance. It explores the rich oral culture that both predated and preceded the Qur'an's formative period, and shows that only by viewing the Qur'an through an oral lens can one begin to properly understand the process by which it first coalesced.

English.