A Qur'anic Apocalypse: A Reading of the Thirty-three Last Surahs of the Qur'an - Couverture rigide

Cuypers, Michel

 
9781948488013: A Qur'anic Apocalypse: A Reading of the Thirty-three Last Surahs of the Qur'an

Synopsis

The present volume closes a trilogy devoted to the exegesis of the Qurʾan analyzed according to the principles of Semitic rhetoric, a method of textual analysis developed in the field of biblical studies. It studies the shortest sūrahs of the Qur'an, which are traditionally dated to the beginnings of the preaching of Muḥammad in Mecca. The reference to the initial vision of Muḥammad in Sūrah 81, the point of departure for his career as Prophet, provides the starting point of the study of this group of sūrahs. The analysis shows that the redactors who assembled the textual fragments of the Qur'an into a book were guided by precise intentions. In the end, it is these intentions that the rhetorical analysis of the text enables us to discover and better understand.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michael Cuypers is a Catholic monk, a member of the Brotherhood of Little Brothers of Jesus (Father de Foucauld). He lived in Iran for twelve years, working for his PhD in Persian Studies at the University of Tehran, and then working at the University Press of Tehran where he pursued studies in Persian literature. He now lives in Cairo and is a member of the Dominican Institute of Oriental Studies, focusing his research on the rhetoric analysis of the Qur'an.

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