Details

Subject(s)

• Future life—Islam—Qurʼanic teaching [Browse]
• Qurʼan—Language, style [Browse]

Series

• Texts and studies on the Qurʼān ; v.16. [More in this series]
• Texts and studies on the Qurʼan, 1567-2808 ; 16

Summary note

"In The Semantics of Qurʼanic Language: al-Āḫira, Ghassan el Masri offers a semantic study of the concept al-Āḫira 'the End' in the Qurʼān. The study is prefaced with a detailed account of the late antique concept of etymologia (Semantic Etymology). In his work, he demonstrates the necessity of this concept for appreciating the Qurʼān's rhetorical strategies for claiming discursive authority in the Abrahamic theological tradition. The author applies the etymological tool to his investigation of the theological significance of al-āḫira, and concludes that the concept is polysemous, and tolerates a large variety of interpretations. The work is unique in that it draws extensively on Biblical material and presents a plethora of pre-Islamic poetry verses in the analysis of the concept"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages [390]-420) and index.

ISBN

• 9789004427990 ((hardback))
• 9004427996 ((hardback))

LCCN

2020011421

OCLC

1147948056

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