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Quranic stories : god, revelation and the audience / Leyla Ozgur Alhassen

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literaturePublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (viii, 175 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781474483209
  • 1474483208
  • 9781474495448
  • 1474495443
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 297.1/226 23
LOC classification:
  • BP130.58 .O94 2021eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction: A Narratological, Rhetorical Approach to Qur'ānic Stories -- Knowledge, Control and Consonance in Sūrat Āl `Imrān 3:33-62 -- God, Families and Secrets in the Story of Sūrat Maryam 19:1-58 -- Evidence, Judgment and Remorse in Sūrat Yūsuf -- Merging Words and Making Connections in Sūrat Ṭaha -- Sūrat al-Qaṣaṣ and Its Audience -- Conclusions: Reading the Qur'ān as God's Narrative.
Summary: Leyla Ozgur Alhassen approaches the Qur'an as a literary, religious and oral text to show how Qur'anic stories function as narrative: how characters and dialogues are portrayed; what themes are repeated; what verbal echoes and conceptual links are present; what structure is established; and what beliefs these narrative choices strengthen.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2906998

Leyla Ozgur Alhassen approaches the Qur'an as a literary, religious and oral text to show how Qur'anic stories function as narrative: how characters and dialogues are portrayed; what themes are repeated; what verbal echoes and conceptual links are present; what structure is established; and what beliefs these narrative choices strengthen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-170) and index.

Introduction: A Narratological, Rhetorical Approach to Qur'ānic Stories -- Knowledge, Control and Consonance in Sūrat Āl `Imrān 3:33-62 -- God, Families and Secrets in the Story of Sūrat Maryam 19:1-58 -- Evidence, Judgment and Remorse in Sūrat Yūsuf -- Merging Words and Making Connections in Sūrat Ṭaha -- Sūrat al-Qaṣaṣ and Its Audience -- Conclusions: Reading the Qur'ān as God's Narrative.