Literary Structures of Religious Meaning in the Qu'ran

This text examines the literary elements in the Qur'an and analyses how they function in conveying its religious message effectively.

Zusatztext 'A good attempt to develop a new approach towards a contemporary understanding for the Qur'an. The various essays provide a different flavour of scholarship! which add to the value of the book' - The Expository Times'The volume represents a valuable contribution to quranic studies.' - Bulletin of SOAS Informationen zum Autor McGill University Klappentext This volume studies how the literary elements in the Qur'an function in conveying its religious message effectively. It is divided into three parts. Part one includes studies of the whole Qur'an or large segments of it belonging to one historical period of its revelation; these studies concentrate on the analysis of its language, its style, its structural composition, its aesthetic characteristics, its rhetorical devices, its imagery, and the impact of these elements and their significance. Part two includes studies on individual suras of the Qur'an, each of which focuses on the sura's literary elements and how they produce meaning; each also explores the structure of this meaning and the coherence of its effect. Part three includes studies on Muslim appreciations of the literary aspects of the Qur'an in past generations and shows how modern linguistic, semantic, semiotic, and literary scholarship can add to their contributions. Zusammenfassung This text examines the literary elements in the Qur'an and analyses how they function in conveying its religious message effectively. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction Part I FORM, MEANING, AND TEXTUAL STRUCTURE IN THE QUR'AN Part II LITERARY APPROACHES TO SELECTED SURAS OF THE QUR'AN Part III LITERARY APPRECIATION OF THE QUR'AN: PAST AND PRESENT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

Autorentext

McGill University

Klappentext

This volume studies how the literary elements in the Qur'an function in conveying its religious message effectively. It is divided into three parts. Part one includes studies of the whole Qur'an or large segments of it belonging to one historical period of its revelation; these studies concentrate on the analysis of its language, its style, its structural composition, its aesthetic characteristics, its rhetorical devices, its imagery, and the impact of these elements and their significance. Part two includes studies on individual suras of the Qur'an, each of which focuses on the sura's literary elements and how they produce meaning; each also explores the structure of this meaning and the coherence of its effect. Part three includes studies on Muslim appreciations of the literary aspects of the Qur'an in past generations and shows how modern linguistic, semantic, semiotic, and literary scholarship can add to their contributions.

Zusammenfassung
This text examines the literary elements in the Qur'an and analyses how they function in conveying its religious message effectively.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction Part I FORM, MEANING, AND TEXTUAL STRUCTURE IN THE QUR'AN Part II LITERARY APPROACHES TO SELECTED SURAS OF THE QUR'AN Part III LITERARY APPRECIATION OF THE QUR'AN: PAST AND PRESENT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX