Todd Lawson

The Quran, Epic and Apocalypse

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Produktbeschreibung

A fascinating exploration, through the literary genres of epic and apocalypse, of the most widely read and recited book in the world

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oneworld Publications
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 151mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9781786072276
• ISBN-10: 1786072270
• Artikelnr.: 47713073

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
 
1 The Quran as Epic
2 The Quran as Apocalypse
3 An Apocalypse of Reunion: The epic of Joseph
4 Duality and Opposition: The apocalyptic substrate
5 Water and the Poetics of Apocalypse
6 Chaotic Cosmos and the Symmetry of Truth
7 Joycean Modernism in Quran and Tafsir
Conclusion: Epic and the domestication of apocalypse
 
Abbreviations
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Notes
Appendix
Bibliography
Index