Literary structures of religious meaning in the Qur'ān
By: edited by Issa J. Boullata.
Contributors: Boullata, Issa J., 1929-
Series: Curzon studies in the Qur'ān
Publisher: Curzon; Routledge
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Richmond
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
Subjects: Koran as literature; Koran -- Language, style
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-388) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I FORM, MEANING, AND TEXTUAL STRUCTURE; title: IN THE QUR'AN; title: 1 A Literary Approach to the Hymnic Suras of the Qur'an:; title: Spirit, Gender, and Aural Intertextuality; title: Michael Sells; title: 2 Major Transitions and Thematic Borders in Two Long Siras:; title: alBaqara and al-Nisa'; title: A.H. Mathias Zahniser; title: 3 Text and Textuality: Q. 3:7 as a Point of Intersection; title: Jane Dammen McAuliffe; title: 4 Formulaic Features of the Punishment-Stories; title: Alford T. Welch; title: 5 "Desiring the Face of God": The Qur'anic Symbolism of; title: Personal Responsibility; title: Andrew Rippin; title: 6 Fawdtih al-Suwar: The Mysterious Letters of the Qur'an; title: Irfan Shahzd; title: PART II LITERARY APPROACHES TO SELECTED; title: SURAS OF THE QUR'AN; title: 7 Referentiality and Textuality in Sarat al-.Hijr Some Observations; title: on the Qur'anic "Canonical Process" and the Emergence; title: of a Community; title: Angelika Neuwirth; title: 8 Irony in the Qur'in: A Study of the Story of Joseph; title: Mustansir Mir; title: 9 Reflections on the Dynamics and Spirituality of Surat al-Furqan; title: Anthony H. Johns; title: 10 The Enchantment of Reading: Sound, Meaning, and; title: Expression in Surat al-'Adiyat; title: Soraya M. Hajjaji-Jarrah; title: PART III LITERARY APPRECIATION OF THE; title: QUR'AN: PAST AND PRESENT; title: 11 The Aesthetic Reception of the Qur'in as Reflected in; title: Early Muslim History; title: Navid Kermani; title: 12 Ellipsis in the Qur'an: A Study of Ibn Qutayba's Ta'wil; title: Mushkil al-Qur'an; title: Yusuf Rahman; title: 13 Literary Exegesis of the Qur'in: The Case of al-Sharif al-Radi; title: Mahmoud M. Ayoub; title: 14 Studies in the Majaz and Metaphorical Language of the; title: Qur'an: Abu 'Ubayda and al-Sharif al-Radi; title: Kamal Abu-Deeb; title: 15 Sayyid Qutb's Literary Appreciation of the Qur'an; title: IssaJ. Boullata; title: Bibliography; title: Index.