Charging Steeds Or Maidens Performing Good Deeds - In Search of the Original Quran

Charging Steeds or Maidens Performing Good Deeds: In Search of the Original Qur'an brings an important contribution to understanding the development of the Qur'anic corpus.
Through a selection of meaningful case studies, the author convincingly argues for a different interpretative approach to the Qur'anic text. Taking as a starting point the consonantal skeleton of the holy text, known as the 'Uthmanic rasm, and offering a critical reading of the Muslim interpretive tradition, such an approach produces a clearer understanding of parts of the Qur'an which have defied Muslim and non-Muslim scholars since the early days of Islam.

List of contents

Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Q106 (Quraysh)
Chapter Three: Q90 (al-Balad)
Chapter Four: The Opening Verses of Q79 (al-Nazi'at)
Chapter Five: Q100 (al-Adiyat)
Chapter Six: Conclusions
References

About the author

Munther Younes is Reis Senior Lecturer of Arabic Language and Linguistics and Director of the Arabic Program in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University, USA. He is the author of The Routledge Introduction to Qur’anic Arabic and the ‘Arabiyyat al-Naas textbook series.

Summary

Charging Steeds or Maidens Performing Good Deeds: In Search of the Original Qur'an brings an important contribution to understanding the development of the Qur'anic corpus.

Product details

• Authors: MUNTHER YOUNES
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.04.2019
• EAN: 9780367186883
• ISBN: 978-0-367-18688-3
• No. of pages: 106
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, The Koran (Qur’an), Criticism & Exegesis Of Sacred Texts, The Koran