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The Qur'ān

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Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East are published as supplement to Der Islam which was founded in 1910 by Carl Heinrich Becker, an early practitioner of the modern study of I...
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  • 19 March 2018
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The corpus coranicum eludes familiar categories and resists strict labels. No doubt the threads woven into the fabric are exceptionally textured, varied, and complex. Accordingly, the introductory chapter of this book demonstrates the application of form criticism to the text. Chapter two then presents a form-critical study of the prayer genre. It identifies three productive formulae and addresses distinct social settings and forms associated with them. The third chapter begins by defining the liturgy genre vis-à-vis prayer in the Qurʾān. Drawing a line between the hymn and litany forms, this chapter treats each in turn. Chapter four considers the genre classified as wisdom literature. It identifies sapiential formulae and sheds light on wisdom contexts. The fifth chapter examines the narrative genre writ large. It also surveys narrative blocks of the long saga. The subsequent chapter on the proclamation genre inspects a set of vocative formulae, which occurs in the messenger situation. The concluding chapter looks at the corpus through synchronic and diachronic lenses. In the end, Qurʾānic genres encapsulate the form-critical elements of formulae, forms, and settings, as well as an historical dimension.
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Price: $139.99
Pages: 315
Publisher: De Gruyter
Imprint: De Gruyter
Publication Date: 19 March 2018
ISBN: 9783110575453
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: PHI022000 PHILOSOPHY / Religious, REL037000 RELIGION / Islam / General, REL037010 RELIGION / Islam / History, REL041000 RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings
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Karim Samji, Gettysburg College, PA, U.S.A.

Karim Samji, Gettysburg College, PA, U.S.A.