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Shaping a Qur'anic worldview : scripture and politics in the era of al-Ma'mun / Vanessa De Gifis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De Gifis, Vanessa, author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in the Qurʼān.
- Routledge studies in the Qur'an
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maʼmūn, Caliph, 786-833.
- Maʼmūn.
- Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History.
- Qurʼan.
- Qurʼan--Language, style.
- Islam--Doctrines--History.
- Islam.
- Arabic language--Rhetoric.
- Arabic language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (143 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Informed by classical Arabic-Islamic rhetorical theory, the author examines Arabic documents attributed to the 'Abbasid Caliph al-Ma'mun."
- Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Notes; Bibliography; Part I Hermeneutical theory; 1 Circumstances of referencing; When: Occasions and objectives; Who: Authors and audiences; Notes; Bibliography; 2 Techniques of referencing; What: Themes and literary forms in the Qur'ān; Where: Compositional location; How: Formal integration; Why: Analogical claims; Notes; Bibliography; Part II Practical case study; 3 Civil war; Circumstances of the war correspondences; Techniques of referencing
- Significance of referencing in civil war rhetoricNotes; Bibliography; 4 Foreign relations and jihād; Circumstances of jihād; Techniques of referencing; Significance of referencing in inter-faith discourse; Notes; Bibliography; 5 The mihṇa; Circumstances of the mihṇa; Techniques of referencing in the mihṇa letters; Significance of referencing in the mihṇa; Notes; Bibliography; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Index of Qur'ānic References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-367-86911-X
- 1-317-81760-5
- 1-315-81868-X
- 1-317-81761-3
- 9781315818689
- OCLC:
- 878113500
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