Quran, Epic and Apocalypse

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

How do people understand the Quran to be divine revelation? What is it about the text that inspires such devotion and commitment in the reader/believer? Todd Lawson explores how the timeless literary genres of epic and apocalypse bear religious meaning in the Quran, communicating the sense of divine presence, urgency and truth. Grounding his approach in the universal power of story and myth, he embarks upon a fascinating inquiry into the unique power of one of the most loved, widely read and recited books in the world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-10-05
Mått:153 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt:358 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Oneworld Publications
ISBN:9781786072276

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
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Mer om författaren

Todd Lawson is Emeritus Professor of Islamic Thought at the University of Toronto. He has taught in the field of Islamic Studies for over forty years and published numerous books and articles in Quranic Studies and related topics. He lives in Montreal.

Recensioner i media

‘Did James Joyce know the Quran? Todd Lawson brilliantly demonstrates how the Quran anticipates literary modernism as both epic and apocalypse. Its epic voice encompasses a vast temporal and spatial canvas – the cosmos, creation, humanity, time, history – while its chapters, singly and collectively, evoke an apocalyptic musicality. The ‘end’, as Lawson reminds us with lapidary prose unfolding insight upon insight, can be instrumental as well as temporal. The apocalyptic vision of the Quran underscores its true ‘end’: to herald and expedite a just community living in accordance with God’s will, enjoying both peace and prosperity. This innovative book charts new ways of reading literary modernism as Quranic commentary on a grand scale…’

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 1 The Quran as Epic2 The Quran as Apocalypse3 An Apocalypse of Reunion: The epic of Joseph4 Duality and Opposition: The apocalyptic substrate5 Water and the Poetics of Apocalypse6 Chaotic Cosmos and the Symmetry of Truth7 Joycean Modernism in Quran and TafsirConclusion: Epic and the domestication of apocalypse AbbreviationsGlossaryAcknowledgementsNotesAppendix BibliographyIndex