The Exceptional Qurʾān : Flexible and Exceptive Rhetoric in Islam's Holy Book / Johanne Christiansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christiansen, Johanne, Author.

Series:

Islamic History and Thought ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Discourse analysis.

Arabic language.

Arabic language--Rhetoric.

Islamic law--Interpretation and construction.

Islamic law.

Qurʼan--Language, style.

Qurʼan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Exceptional Qurʾān: Flexible and Exceptive Rhetoric in Islam’s Holy Book is a synchronic, theoretical study of the Qurʾānic complex of exception and flexibility. Through analyses of rhetorical devices, including direct exceptions, recurring standardized arguments with a dispensatory aim, and modifying hypotheticals within the Qurʾān’s legal discourse, the author argues that this complex seems to be – if not entirely unique – articulated in a new and deliberate manner as compared to previous scriptures: The Qurʾān continuously negotiates a balance between strictness and leniency, between principle and dispensation. Joining its philological results with the system theoretical framework of anthropologist Roy A. Rappaport, The Exceptional Qurʾān considers how such rhetorical strategies contributed to the systemic long-term durability of the Qurʾān, becoming the successful founding document of a religious community and discursive tradition.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One. Linguistic and Textual Features of Exception and Flexibility in the Qurʾān

Chapter Two. Direct Legal Exceptions in the Qurʾān – An Overview

Chapter Three. Recurring Legal Arguments of Exception and Flexibility in the Qurʾān

Chapter Four. Legal Hypotheticals with a Dispensatory Aim in the Qurʾān

Chapter Five. Legal Exceptions in the Biblical Traditions and Late Antiquity

Chapter Six. A System Theoretical Approach to the Qurʾān

Chapter Seven. Balancing the Qurʾānic System – The Use of Exceptive Language as a Sign of Flexibility

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)

ISBN:

1-4632-4289-1

OCLC:

1294423337