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Informationen zum Autor Nuha Alshaar joined the Institute of Ismaili Studies in 2009 as a Research Associate, where she focuses on ethical concepts in early Qur'an interpretation, and on the relationship between the Qur'an, tafsIr, and classical literary traditions (adab). She also teaches Islamic Intellectual History and Thought, as well as Arabic Literature at the American University of Sharjah. Dr Alshaar has taught at various academic institutions, including the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and Queens University Canada in the UK. She is also a member of the Arabic-German Young Academy for Science and Humanities (AGYA). Her publications include Ethics in Islam: Friendship in the Political Thought of al-Taw?IdI and his Contemporaries (Routledge, 2015) and the co-edited volume Sources and Approaches across Near Eastern Disciplines (Peeters, 2013). Klappentext A collection of essays which demonstrate the Qur'an's impact on Arabic and Persian literary traditions. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays which demonstrate the Qur'an's impact on Arabic and Persian literary traditions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors Note on Transliteration, Conventions and Abbreviations Preface 1: Nuha Alshaar: Introduction: The Relation of Adab to the Qur'an: Conceptual and Historical Framework Section I: The Qur'an and Classical Arabic Poetry: Intertextuality and Sensibilities 2: Angelika Neuwirth: The 'Discovery of Writing' in the Qur'an: Tracing a Cultural Shift in Arab Late Antiquity 3: Ghassan El-Massri: The Qur'an and the Character of Pre-Islamic Poetry: The D¿liyya of al-Aswad b. Ya'fur al-Nahshal¿ (d. 600 CE) 4: Beatrice Gruendler: Abbasid Poets and the Qur'an Section II: The Qur'an in Literary Criticism 5: Geert Jan van Gelder: The Qur'an in Kit¿b al-Bad¿' by Ibn al-Mu'tazz (d. 296/908) 6: Bilal Orfali and Maurice Pomerantz: 'I See a Distant Fire': Tha'¿lib¿ (d. 429/1030) Kit¿b al-Iqtib¿s min al-Qur'¿n al-Kar¿m Section III: The Qur'an as a Moral, Literary, and Aesthetic Model 7: Andrew Rippin: The Place of the Qur'an in 'The Sermons and Exhortations' of Ab¿ 'Ubayd (d. 224/838) 8: Devin Stewart: Rhythmical Anxiety: Notes on Ab¿'l-'Al¿' al-Ma'arr¿'s (d. 449/1058) al-Fü¿l wa'l-Gh¿y¿t and Its Reception 9: Sarah R. bin Tyeer: The Qur'an and the Aesthetics of Adab: ¿ik¿yat Ab¿'l-Q¿sim al-Baghd¿d¿ by Ab¿'l-Müahhar al-Azd¿ (fl. Fifth/Eleventh Century) Part IV: Approaches to the Qur'an in Adab : Five Case Studies 10: Tahera Qutbuddin: Qur'an Citation in Early Arabic Oration (Khüba): Mnemonic, Liturgical, and Testimonial Functions 11: Wadad al-Qadi: The Impact of the Qur'an on the Epistolography of 'Abd al-¿am¿d b. Yahya al-Katib (d. 132/750) 12: Nuha Alshaar: The Qur'an in Literary Anthologies: A Case Study of al-'Iqd al-Far¿d by Ibn 'Abd Rabbih al-Andalus¿ (d. 328/940) 13: Louise Marlow: Wisdom and Justice: The Reception of the Qur'an in Some Arabic and Persian Mirrors for Princes 14: Wen-chin Ouyang: Solomon's Ring in the Arabic Literary Imaginary Part V: The Qur'an in Sufi Literature 15: Nada Saab: Sufi Negotiation of the Qur'anic Text and its Prophetic Stories in the Literature of Ab¿ Sa'¿d al-Kharr¿z (d. 286/899) 16: Denis McAuley: Ibn 'Arab¿ (d. 637/1240) and the Qur'an: A Series of Poems 17: Steffen Stelzer: 'Serving from Afar': Jal¿l al-D¿n R¿m¿ (d. 672/1273) on the Adab of Interpreting the Qur'an Bibliography Index of Qur'anic Citations General Index ...
