Discovering the Quran : a contemporary approach to a veiled text /
Robinson, Neal, 1948-,
Discovering the Quran : a contemporary approach to a veiled text / [print] Neal Robinson. - second edition. - Washington, District of Columbia : Georgetown University Press, (c)2003. - xvi, 332 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Originally published : South CarolinaM Press, 1996.
The Quran as experienced by Muslims -- Anchoring the revelations in space and time -- An alternative account of the rise of Islam -- Traditional resources for determining the chronological order of the surahs -- Western attempts at dating the revelations -- The formal elements in the "Early Meccan" surahs -- The structure of the Meccan surahs -- The interrelation of structure, sound, and meaning in three Meccan surahs -- The integrative role of sound and intertextuality -- The Madinan surahs -- The dynamics of the Quranic discourse -- The order of the surahs : the decreasing-length rule -- The order of the surahs : Islahi's explanation.
9781589010246
2003024397
Quran--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BP130.R663.D573 2003
Discovering the Quran : a contemporary approach to a veiled text / [print] Neal Robinson. - second edition. - Washington, District of Columbia : Georgetown University Press, (c)2003. - xvi, 332 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Originally published : South CarolinaM Press, 1996.
The Quran as experienced by Muslims -- Anchoring the revelations in space and time -- An alternative account of the rise of Islam -- Traditional resources for determining the chronological order of the surahs -- Western attempts at dating the revelations -- The formal elements in the "Early Meccan" surahs -- The structure of the Meccan surahs -- The interrelation of structure, sound, and meaning in three Meccan surahs -- The integrative role of sound and intertextuality -- The Madinan surahs -- The dynamics of the Quranic discourse -- The order of the surahs : the decreasing-length rule -- The order of the surahs : Islahi's explanation.
9781589010246
2003024397
Quran--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BP130.R663.D573 2003