Record Nr.

UNINA9910955561103321

Titolo

Quranic studies today / / edited by Angelika Neuwirth and Michael A. Sells

Pubbl/distr/stampa


London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-29566-8

1-315-64665-X

1-317-29565-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (405 p.)

Collana

Routledge Studies in the Qur'an

Altri autori (Persone)

NeuwirthAngelika

SellsMichael Anthony

Disciplina

297.1226

297.12207

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Wansbrough, Bultmann, and the theory of variant traditions in the Quran / Devin J. Stewart -- 2. Lot's wife : late antique paradigms of sense and the Quran / Nora K. Schmid -- 3. The sign of Jonah : transformations and interpretations of the Jonah story in the Quran / Hannelies Koloska -- 4. End of hope : Suras 10-15, despair and a way out of Mecca / Walid A. Saleh -- 5. The casting : a close hearing of Sura 20:1-79 / Michael A. Sells -- 6. Quranic studies and philology : Quranic textual politics of staging, penetrating, and finally eclipsing Biblical tradition / Angelika Neuwirth -- 7. The "Sunna of our messengers" : the Quran's paradigm for messengers and prophets; a reading of Surat ash-Shu'ara' (26) / Sidney H. Griffith -- 8. Textual and paratextual meaning in the recited Quran : analysis of performance of Surat al-Furqan by Sheikh Mishari Rashid Alafasy / Lauren E. Osborne -- 9. Ma'sal : what the Talal would tell us / Ghassan El Masri -- 10. Ahbar and Ruhban : religious leaders in the Quran in dialogue with Christian and Rabbinic literature / Holger M. Zellentin -- 11. Reinterpreting the Quranic criticism of other religions / Mun'im Sirry.

Sommario/riassunto

Qur'ānic Studies Today brings together specialists in the field of Islamic studies to provide a range of essays that reflect the depth and breadth

of scholarship on the Qur'ān. Combining theoretical and methodological clarity with close readings of qur'ānic texts, these contributions provide close analysis of specific passages, themes, and issues within the Qurʾān, even as they attend to the disciplinary challenges within the field of qur'ānic studies today. Chapters are arranged into three parts, treating specific figures appearing in the Qurʾān, analysing particular suras, and finally reflecting on the Qur'ān and its "others." They explore the internal dimensions and interior chronology of the Qur'ān as text, its possible conversations with biblical and non-biblical traditions in Late Antiquity, and its role as scripture in modern exegesis and recitation. Together, they are indispensable for students and scholars who seek an understanding of the Qur'ān founded on the most recent scholarly achievements. Offering both a reflection of and a reflection on the discipline of qur'ānic studies, the strong, scholarly examinations of the Qur'ān in this volume provide a valuable contribution to Islamic and qur'ānic studies.