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Subject(s)

• Oral tradition in literature [Browse]
• Qurʼan as literature [Browse]
• Orality in literature [Browse]
• Arabic language—Rhetoric [Browse]
• Qurʼan—Language, style [Browse]

Summary note

This unique book uses innovative computerized oral-formulaic analysis of the Arabic text of the Qur'an to demonstrate that much of the Qur'an was composed live in oral performance. It explores the rich oral culture that both predated and preceded the Qur'an's formative period, and shows that only by viewing the Qur'an through an oral lens can one begin to properly understand the process by which it first coalesced.

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

• Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; A Note on Transliteration; Chapter 1. The Qur'an and Narrative Biblicist Traditions; Chapter 2. The Narratival Roots of the Islamic Tradition; Chapter 3. The Development of Oral Literary Theory; Chapter 4. The Application of Oral Literary Theory to Pre-Islamic Arabic Poetry; Chapter 5. Mapping the Landscape: A Computerized Formulaic Analysis of the Qur'anic Text; Chapter 6. Digging Deeper: Verse-Level Formulaic Analysis; Chapter 7. Searching for Formulaic Systems
• Chapter 8. Iblis and Adam: A Comparative Application of Computerized and 'Manual' Methods of Formulaic Analysis to the Seven RetellingsChapter 9. Conclusion: The Qur'an and Orality; Appendix 1. The Seven Iblis and Adam Stories and an English Translation; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

ISBN

• 1-4985-5710-4
• 0-7391-8358-3

OCLC

879202796

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