Quran, Epic and Apocalypse

Informationen zum Autor Todd Lawson is Associate Professor at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto. He is the author of Reason and Inspiration in Islam: Theology, Philosophy and Mysticism in Muslim Thought. Klappentext 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. A fascinating exploration, through the literary genres of epic and apocalypse, of the most widely read and recited book in the world Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 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 apocalypseAbbreviations Glossary Acknowledgements Notes Appendix Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Todd Lawson, Lawson Todd
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781786072276
• ISBN: 978-1-78607-227-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Oneworld Academic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; RELIGION / Reference, RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, The Koran (Qur’an), Criticism & Exegesis Of Sacred Texts, The Koran