The Semantics of Qurʾanic Language: al-Āḫira /
In The Semantics of Qurʾanic Language: al-Āḫira, Ghassan el Masri offers a semantic study of the concept al-āḫira 'the End' in the Qurʾān. The study is prefaced with a detailed account of the late antique concept of etymologia (Semantic Etymology). In his work, he demonstrates the necessit...
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Language: English
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Leiden; Boston :
BRILL,
2020.
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Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān ;
16.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004405868.
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Call Number: BP134.F8
| Summary: | In The Semantics of Qurʾanic Language: al-Āḫira, Ghassan el Masri offers a semantic study of the concept al-āḫira 'the End' in the Qurʾān. The study is prefaced with a detailed account of the late antique concept of etymologia (Semantic Etymology). In his work, he demonstrates the necessity of this concept for appreciating the Qurʾān's rhetorical strategies for claiming discursive authority in the Abrahamic theological tradition. The author applies the etymological tool to his investigation of the theological significance of al-āḫira , and concludes that the concept is polysemous, and tolerates a large variety of interpretations. The work is unique in that it draws extensively on Biblical material and presents a plethora of pre-Islamic poetry verses in the analysis of the concept. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9789004428034 9789004427990 |