| The Semantics of Qurʾanic Language: Al-Āḫira Contributor(s): El Masri, Ghassan (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004427996 ISBN-13: 9789004427990 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $145.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Arabic Published: June 2020 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Religion | Islam - Koran & Sacred Writings |
| Physical Information: 438 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In The Semantics of Qurʾanic Language: al-Āḫira, Ghassan el Masri offers a semantic study of the concept al-āḫira 'the End' in the Qurʾān. The study is prefaced with a detailed account of the late antique concept of etymologia (Semantic Etymology). In his work, he demonstrates the necessity of this concept for appreciating the Qurʾān's rhetorical strategies for claiming discursive authority in the Abrahamic theological tradition. The author applies the etymological tool to his investigation of the theological significance of al-āḫira, and concludes that the concept is polysemous, and tolerates a large variety of interpretations. The work is unique in that it draws extensively on Biblical material and presents a plethora of pre-Islamic poetry verses in the analysis of the concept. |