Revelation in the Qur'an : A Semantic Study of the Roots n-z-l and w-ḥ-y /

"In Revelation in the Qur'an Simon P. Loynes presents a semantic study of the Arabic roots n-z-l and w-ḥ-y in order to shed light on the modalities of revelation in the Qur'an. Through an exhaustive analysis of their occurrences in the Qur'an as well as pre-Islamic poetry, Loynes...

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Main Author: Loynes, Simon P. (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2021.

Series: Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān ; 18.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441286.

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Call Number: PJ6696.Z5

Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Note on Transliteration, Conventions, and Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Roots n-z-l and w-ḥ-y in Previous Scholarship
  • 2 Overall Approach of the Study
  • 1 Divine Sending Down ( tanzīl ) I : Actors, Spatiality, and Interaction
  • 1 Overview of the Root n-z-l
  • 2 Spatial Implications of the Root n-z-l and the Author of the Act
  • 3 The Divine Sending Down of Non-revelatory Things
  • 2 Divine Sending Down ( tanzīl ) II : The Revelatory Message
  • 1 The Celestial Scripture
  • 2 The Divine Sending Down of the Celestial Scripture
  • 3 The Relationship of the Celestial Scripture to the Qur'anic Revelations
  • 4 The Primary Celestial Event
  • 3 God's Esoteric Communication ( waḥy )
  • 1 The Root w-ḥ-y in Pre-Islamic Poetry
  • 2 The Root w-ḥ-y in the Qur'an
  • 3 Adopting a Translation for the Root w-ḥ-y
  • 4 The Chronological Distribution and Literary Contexts of the Roots n-z-l and w-ḥ-y
  • 1 The Chronological Distribution of the Roots n-z-l and w-ḥ-y
  • 2 Form-Critical Analysis of the Roots n-z-l and w-ḥ-y
  • 3 Addressing the Chronological Distribution of the Roots
  • 5 The Principal Rhetorical Functions of Divine Sending Down and Divine Communication
  • 1 The Principal Rhetorical Function of Divine Sending Down
  • 2 The Principal Rhetorical Function of Divine Communication
  • 3 The Dynamic Nature of the Qur'an's Self-Referentiality
  • 6 The Qur'anic Concept of Revelation
  • 1 From Divine Sending Down ( tanzīl ) to Divine Communication ( waḥy )
  • 2 Implications of the Study
  • Appendix 1: Verses with the Root n-z-l Classified according to Formal Type
  • Appendix 2: Verses with the Root w-ḥ-y Classified according to Formal Type
  • Bibliography
  • Index.