Qur'anic Studies Today

ISBN-13: 9781138181953 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 360 str.

Angelika Neuwirth; Michael Sells

Opis

Qur anic Studies Today brings together thirteen specialists in the field of Islamic studies to provide a range of essays that reflect the depth and breadth of scholarship on the Qur n.

The volume analyses different aspects of the interactions between the Qur an and other religious texts over the course of history. It features essays that probe certain Qur anic figures or themes cross-textually within the Qur an, such as an exploration of Qur anic allusions to the wife of Lot, or an analysis of the Jonah narratives. Other essays focus on particular suras, such as a reading of Suras 10-15 as reflecting a moment of crisis in the career of the Prophet. The volume also offers extended discussions of extra-Qur anic materials, including classical Arabic poetry, the bible and late antique Syriac source.

Together, these strong, scholarly examinations of the Qur an combine theoretical and methodological clarity with close readings of Qur nic texts. As such, they are a valuable resource for students and scholars of Islamic and Qur anic studies."

Spis treści

Introduction; 1 Wansbrough, Bultmann, and the Theory of Variant Traditions in the Qurʾān – Devin J. Stewart; 2 Lot’s Wife: Late Antique Paradigms of Sense and the Qurʾān – Nora K. Schmid; 3 The Sign of Jonah: Transformations and Interpretations of the Jonah Story in the Qurʾān – Hannalies Koloska; 4 End of Hope: Sūras 10–15, Despair, and a Way out of Mecca – Walid A. Saleh; 5 The Casting: A Close Hearing of　 Sūrat TāHā 9–79 – Michael A. Sells; 6 Qurʾānic Studies and Historical-Critical Philology: The Qurʾān’s Staging, Penetrating, and finally Eclipsing of Biblical Tradition　– Angelika Neuwirth; 7 The Sunna of Our Messengers: The Qurʾān’s Paradigm for Messengers and Prophet: A Reading of Sūrat ash-Shuʿarāʾ– Sidney H. Griffith; 8 Textual and Paratextual meaning in the Recited Qurʾān: An Analysis of a Performance of Sūrat al-Furqān by Sheikh Mishari Rashid Alafasy – Lauren E. Osborne; 9 The Qurʾān’s Theopoetic Manifesto – Ghassan el Masri; 10 The Qurʾān between Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism - Holger M. Zellentin; 11 Reinterpreting the Qurʾānic Criticism of Other Religions – Mun’im Sirry

O autorze

Michael A. Sells is Barrows Professor of the History and Literature of Islam and Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Chicago.

Angelika Neuwirth is Professor Emeritus of Arabic Studies at the Freie Universität in Berlin.