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Discovering the Quran : a contemporary approach to a veiled text / Neal Robinson. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, District of Columbia : Georgetown University Press, (c)2003.Edition: second editionDescription: xvi, 332 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781589010246
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP130.R663.D573 2003
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Contents:
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.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BP130.4.R58 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001382973

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.

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