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The Al-Baqara Crescendo. Understanding the Qur'an's Style, Narrative Structure, and Running Themes.
Nevin Reda
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Description for The Al-Baqara Crescendo. Understanding the Qur'an's Style, Narrative Structure, and Running Themes.
Paperback. A study of the poetics and hermeneutics of the Qur?an s narrative structure, focusing on Surat al-Baqara." Series: Advancing Studies in Religion Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Recent manuscript evidence from al-Jami' al-Kabir in ?an 'a' suggests that the Qur'an took its final shape well before 671 CE. Irrespective, however, of who composed it or when it was compiled, questions remain about whether the Qur'an followed any kind of preconceived plan or compositional schema that makes sense in today's world. In The al-Baqara Crescendo, Nevin Reda introduces a bold new avenue of research: the poetics of Qur'anic narrative structure. Focusing on Surat al-Baqara, the longest and most challenging of the suras, she explores the beauty and rationale behind the Qur'an's unusual organization. Reda argues that the ... Read more
Recent manuscript evidence from al-Jami' al-Kabir in ?an 'a' suggests that the Qur'an took its final shape well before 671 CE. Irrespective, however, of who composed it or when it was compiled, questions remain about whether the Qur'an followed any kind of preconceived plan or compositional schema that makes sense in today's world. In The al-Baqara Crescendo, Nevin Reda introduces a bold new avenue of research: the poetics of Qur'anic narrative structure. Focusing on Surat al-Baqara, the longest and most challenging of the suras, she explores the beauty and rationale behind the Qur'an's unusual organization. Reda argues that the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Advancing Studies in Religion Series
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773548862
SKU
V9780773548862
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About Nevin Reda
Nevin Reda is assistant professor of Muslim studies at Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto.
Reviews for The Al-Baqara Crescendo. Understanding the Qur'an's Style, Narrative Structure, and Running Themes.
" The al-Baqara Crescendo provides a sensitive, holistic reading of the text. In addition, it has a feminist dimension, highlighting the Qur?an' s call for people to read the text for themselves and not rely on existing judgments." Raymond Farrin, American University of Kuwait " The al-Baqara Crescendo represents not only a careful and insightful analysis of the sura, but ... Read more