Interpreting al-Tha'labi's Tales of the prophets
Subtitle: temptation, responsibility and loss
By: M.O. Klar.
Series: Routledge studies in the Quran -- 9
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780415366632; 9780203019306
Subjects: Thaʻlabī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, -- d. 1035; Prophets, Pre-Islamic
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Sources and figures; title: Texts; title: Patterns and methodology; title: Job the afflicted. Narratives; title: Crime and punishment: Job's intrinsic arrogance; title: Oedipus: Job's relationship with God; title: Order and chaos: Job as sacred executioner; title: Conclusions; title: King Saul. Narratives; title: Crime and punishment: Saul runs amok; title: Oedipus: Saul as father; title: Order and chaos: Saul, a victim of circumstance?; title: Conclusions; title: David. Narratives; title: Crime and punishment: David and the glance; title: David: from Oedipus to Laius; title: Order and chaos: David as aspirer to the golden mean; title: Conclusions; title: Noah. Narratives; title: Crime and punishment: Noah's contentiousness; title: Oedipus: Noah, Canaan and Ham; title: Order and chaos: Noah's uncomfortable utopia; title: Conclusions.