The Quran, Epic and Apocalypse

Todd Lawson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2017
Oneworld Academic (Verlag)
978-1-78607-227-6 (ISBN)

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A fascinating exploration, through the literary genres of epic and apocalypse, of the most widely read and recited book in the world

How do people understand the Quran to be divine revelation? What is it about the text that inspires such devotion and commitment in the reader/believer? Todd Lawson explores how the timeless literary genres of epic and apocalypse bear religious meaning in the Quran, communicating the sense of divine presence, urgency and truth. Grounding his approach in the universal power of story and myth, he embarks upon a fascinating inquiry into the unique power of one of the most loved, widely read and recited books in the world.

Todd Lawson is Emeritus Professor of Islamic Thought at the University of Toronto. He has taught in the field of Islamic Studies for over forty years and published numerous books and articles in Quranic Studies and related topics. He lives in Montreal.

Introduction

1 The Quran as Epic

2 The Quran as Apocalypse

3 An Apocalypse of Reunion: The epic of Joseph

4 Duality and Opposition: The apocalyptic substrate

5 Water and the Poetics of Apocalypse

6 Chaotic Cosmos and the Symmetry of Truth

7 Joycean Modernism in Quran and Tafsir

Conclusion: Epic and the domestication of apocalypse

Abbreviations

Glossary

Acknowledgements

Notes

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.02.2018
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
ISBN-10	1-78607-227-0 / 1786072270
ISBN-13	978-1-78607-227-6 / 9781786072276
Zustand	Neuware