The Semantics of Qurʾanic Language: al-Āḫira /

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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Main Author: Masri, Ghassan el (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Series: Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān ; 16.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004405868.

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Future life > Islam > Quranic teaching.

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Call Number: BP134.F8

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Etymology, Historic and Semantic
  • 3. Arabian Terms and Notions
  • 4. Time between Beginning and End
  • 5. Biblical Vocabulary
  • 6. The Qurʾanic Shifts
  • 7. The Middle Meccan Period
  • 8. The Late Meccan Period
  • 9. The Medinan Developments
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Appendix - Occurrences of the Root ʾ-ḫ-r and their Correlates
  • Bibliography
  • Index.