Ethico-religious concepts in the Quran

• Autore: Izutsu Toshihiko <1914-1993.>
• Pubblicazione: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, NY, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 284 pages)
• Disciplina: 297.1/226
• Note generali: First published in 1959 under title: The structure of the ethical terms in the Koran.; Originally published: 1966.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Principles of Semantic Analysis -- Language and Culture -- The Scope and Focus of the Study -- The Method of Analysis and its Application -- From Tribal-Code to Islamic Ethics -- The Pessimistic Conception of the Earthly Life -- The Spirit of Tribal Solidarity -- The Islamization of Old Arab Virtues -- The Basic Moral Dichotomy -- The Analysis of Major Concepts -- The Inner Structure of the Concept of Kufr -- The Semantic Field of Kufr -- Religious Hypocrisy -- The Believer -- Good and Bad -- Conclusion -- Index of Qur’anic Citations -- Index of Arabic Words -- Index of Subjects
• Sommario/riassunto: In the Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Qur'án Toshihiko Izutsu analyzes the guiding spirit of the Islamic moral code, the basic ethical relationship of man to God. Izutsu asserts that, according to the Qur'anic conception, God is of an ethical nature and acts upon man in an ethical way. The resulting implications for man are enormous, requiring devotion not merely to God but to living one's life ethically. Izutsu shows that for the Qur'an our ethical response to God's actions is religion itself; it is at the same time both ethics and religion. Izutsu explores these themes by employing ethnolinguistics, a theory of the interrelations between linguistic cultural patterns, to analyse the semantic structure of major concepts in the Quar'an. Islam, which arose in the seventh century, represents one of the most sweeping religious reforms ever to appear in the East. The Quar'an shows in vividly concrete terms how time-honoured tribal norms came into bloody conflict with new ideals of life, and finally yielded to the rising power. This transitional epoch is of particular importance in the whole of Islamic thought, a time during which the key terms of a traditionally fixed system of values were transformed in their connotative structure, modified in their combinations, and finally integrated into an entirely different system. Originally published in 1959 as The Structure of the Ethical Terms in the Koran and revised under the current title in 1966, this 2002 reprint makes this classic work of Islamic studies once again available.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethico-religious concepts in the Qurʼān
• ISBN: 1-282-86069-0; 9786612860690; 0-7735-7051-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810300303321
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