Every human being is born by falling out of a paradise. The womb is a paradise. The rupture from the body is Adam's rupture from the garden. This book follows the trail of that fall. What Streams Forth Beneath the Date Palm is a comparative religious work that reads the sacred texts of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions around a single question: from where does the human fall, and to where does the human return? It seeks the answer in three untouched places. The Garden of Eden. The Zamzam that welled up in Hagar's desert. The date palm beneath which water flowed for Mary. All three bear the same structure: they receive, they transform, they pass on. Here a philologist speaks, not a preacher. Drawing on Qur¿¿nic philology and the shared roots of the Abrahamic traditions, the text moves between Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, and Arabic. It places Eve, Hagar, and Mary side by side through the language of sound, of longing, and of mediation. Both Eve and Mary stand in the same place; only what they do there differs. The water of the body in John, the womb opened through the wound, the three wombs of Ephrem the Syrian, Joseph and Jonah cast into the pit - all of these are links in the same chain. Help does not come from above. It comes from beneath the earth, from the silent movement of water, from the innermost depths of the one who is buried. Prayer ascends; redemption seeps up from below. The book builds this paradox and never lets it go. Written with scholarly precision yet carried by the breath of a narrative, this work brings biblical exegesis and Qur¿¿nic reading together through the lens of a single comparative method. The symbolism of the womb-as-paradise turns birth into a theology. Look at the water that streams forth beneath the date palm. Paradise is below.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Every human being is born by falling out of a paradise. The womb is a paradise. The rupture from the body is Adam's rupture from the garden. This book follows the trail of that fall. What Streams Forth Beneath the Date Palm is a comparative religious work that reads the sacred texts of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions around a single question: from where does the human fall, and to where does the human return? It seeks the answer in three untouched places. The Garden of Eden. The Zamzam that welled up in Hagar's desert. The date palm beneath which water flowed for Mary. All three bear the same structure: they receive, they transform, they pass on.Here a philologist speaks, not a preacher. Drawing on Quranic philology and the shared roots of the Abrahamic traditions, the text moves between Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, and Arabic. It places Eve, Hagar, and Mary side by side through the language of sound, of longing, and of mediation. Both Eve and Mary stand in the same place; only what they do there differs. The water of the body in John, the womb opened through the wound, the three wombs of Ephrem the Syrian, Joseph and Jonah cast into the pit - all of these are links in the same chain.Help does not come from above. It comes from beneath the earth, from the silent movement of water, from the innermost depths of the one who is buried. Prayer ascends; redemption seeps up from below. The book builds this paradox and never lets it go.Written with scholarly precision yet carried by the breath of a narrative, this work brings biblical exegesis and Quranic reading together through the lens of a single comparative method. The symbolism of the womb-as-paradise turns birth into a theology. Look at the water that streams forth beneath the date palm. Paradise is below. A philological reading of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic scriptures: from where does the human fall, and to where does he return? On Eden, Zamzam, and Mary's date palm: the womb is paradise, and redemption rises from below. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9786258811032
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Every human being is born by falling out of a paradise. The womb is a paradise. The rupture from the body is Adam's rupture from the garden. This book follows the trail of that fall. What Streams Forth Beneath the Date Palm is a comparative religious work that reads the sacred texts of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions around a single question: from where does the human fall, and to where does the human return? It seeks the answer in three untouched places. The Garden of Eden. The Zamzam that welled up in Hagar's desert. The date palm beneath which water flowed for Mary. All three bear the same structure: they receive, they transform, they pass on.Here a philologist speaks, not a preacher. Drawing on Quranic philology and the shared roots of the Abrahamic traditions, the text moves between Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, and Arabic. It places Eve, Hagar, and Mary side by side through the language of sound, of longing, and of mediation. Both Eve and Mary stand in the same place; only what they do there differs. The water of the body in John, the womb opened through the wound, the three wombs of Ephrem the Syrian, Joseph and Jonah cast into the pit - all of these are links in the same chain.Help does not come from above. It comes from beneath the earth, from the silent movement of water, from the innermost depths of the one who is buried. Prayer ascends; redemption seeps up from below. The book builds this paradox and never lets it go.Written with scholarly precision yet carried by the breath of a narrative, this work brings biblical exegesis and Quranic reading together through the lens of a single comparative method. The symbolism of the womb-as-paradise turns birth into a theology. Look at the water that streams forth beneath the date palm. Paradise is below. A philological reading of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic scriptures: from where does the human fall, and to where does he return? On Eden, Zamzam, and Mary's date palm: the womb is paradise, and redemption rises from below. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9786258811032
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Every human being is born by falling out of a paradise. The womb is a paradise. The rupture from the body is Adam's rupture from the garden. This book follows the trail of that fall. What Streams Forth Beneath the Date Palm is a comparative religious work that reads the sacred texts of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions around a single question: from where does the human fall, and to where does the human return? It seeks the answer in three untouched places. The Garden of Eden. The Zamzam that welled up in Hagar's desert. The date palm beneath which water flowed for Mary. All three bear the same structure: they receive, they transform, they pass on.Here a philologist speaks, not a preacher. Drawing on Quranic philology and the shared roots of the Abrahamic traditions, the text moves between Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, and Arabic. It places Eve, Hagar, and Mary side by side through the language of sound, of longing, and of mediation. Both Eve and Mary stand in the same place; only what they do there differs. The water of the body in John, the womb opened through the wound, the three wombs of Ephrem the Syrian, Joseph and Jonah cast into the pit - all of these are links in the same chain.Help does not come from above. It comes from beneath the earth, from the silent movement of water, from the innermost depths of the one who is buried. Prayer ascends; redemption seeps up from below. The book builds this paradox and never lets it go.Written with scholarly precision yet carried by the breath of a narrative, this work brings biblical exegesis and Quranic reading together through the lens of a single comparative method. The symbolism of the womb-as-paradise turns birth into a theology. Look at the water that streams forth beneath the date palm. Paradise is below. A philological reading of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic scriptures: from where does the human fall, and to where does he return? On Eden, Zamzam, and Mary's date palm: the womb is paradise, and redemption rises from below. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9786258811032
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