| A Qur'anic Apocalypse: A Reading of the Thirty-Three Last Sūrahs of the Qur'an Contributor(s): Cuypers, Michel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1948488019 ISBN-13: 9781948488013 Publisher: Lockwood Press OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - Koran & Sacred Writings |
| LCCN: 2018955410 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.70 lbs) 370 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The present volume closes a trilogy devoted to the exegesis of the Qurʾan analyzed according to the principles of Semitic rhetoric, a method of textual analysis developed in the field of biblical studies. It studies the shortest sūrahs of the Qur'an, which are traditionally dated to the beginnings of the preaching of Muḥammad in Mecca. The reference to the initial vision of Muḥammad in Sūrah 81, the point of departure for his career as Prophet, provides the starting point of the study of this group of sūrahs. The analysis shows that the redactors who assembled the textual fragments of the Qur'an into a book were guided by precise intentions. In the end, it is these intentions that the rhetorical analysis of the text enables us to discover and better understand. |