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UNINA9910779340003321 |
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Autore |
Jones Linda Gale |
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Titolo |
The power of oratory in the medieval Muslim world / / Linda G. Jones [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-139-88764-5 |
1-139-54023-8 |
1-139-52624-3 |
1-139-52863-7 |
1-139-14945-8 |
1-139-53091-7 |
1-139-53210-3 |
1-283-81228-2 |
1-139-52744-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Arabic language - Rhetoric - History |
Islamic preaching - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Laying the foundations -- The Khuṭba: the 'central jewel' of medieval Arab-Islamic prose -- Rhetorical and discursive strategies of persuasion in the Khuṭba -- Part 1: Putting it all together: texts, contexts, and performances -- Canonical orations: Friday sermons and wedding orations -- Thematic and occasional orations: political oratory and sermons and jihad -- Homiletic exhortation and storytelling: challenging the 'popular' -- Part 2: The preacher and the audience -- 'The good eloquent speaker': profiles of pre-modern Muslim preachers -- The audience responds: participation, reception, contestation -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Oratory and sermons had a fixed place in the religious and civic rituals of pre-modern Muslim societies and were indispensable for transmitting religious knowledge, legitimising or challenging rulers and |
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