Textual Relations in the Qur''an - Relevance, Coherence and Structure

Informationen zum Autor Salwa El-Awa is a Lecturer in Qur'anic Studies at the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, where she teaches Qur'anic hermeneutics and methods of Islamic text interpretation. Her main research interest is analysis of Qur'anic discourse. Among her recent publications are a study on repetition in the Qur'an and an Arabic book on the role of context in interpretation of Qur'anic homonyms. Klappentext Representing a new development in the study of Qur'anic text, this book tackles the issue of Qur'anic text structure by fusing the fields of Qur'anic studies and linguistics. Zusammenfassung Representing a new development in the study of Qur'anic text, this book tackles the issue of Qur'anic text structure by fusing the fields of Qur'anic studies and linguistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Historical Overview 2. The Linguistic Study of Textual Relations 3. Textual Relations and Section Division in Sura 33, (Al-Ahzab) 4. Textual Relations and Paragraph Division in Sura 75, (Al-Qiyama). Conclusion

About the author

Salwa El-Awa is a Lecturer in Qur'anic Studies at the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, where she teaches Qur'anic hermeneutics and methods of Islamic text interpretation.  Her main research interest is analysis of Qur'anic discourse.  Among her recent publications are a study on repetition in the Qur'an and an Arabic book on the role of context in interpretation of Qur'anic homonyms.

Product details

• Authors: Salwa M. El-Awa, El-Awa Salwa M.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.06.2009
• EAN: 9780415554206
• ISBN: 978-0-415-55420-6
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Qur'an
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Islam, RELIGION / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings, Middle East, Religion: general, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General