Creation and Contemplation : The Cosmology of the Qur'ān and Its Late Antique Background.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Decharneux, Julien.

Series:

Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East Series

Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East Series ; v.47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Qurʼan.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Creation and Contemplation

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023.

Summary:

Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East are published as supplement to Der Islam which was founded in 1910 by Carl Heinrich Becker, an early practitioner of the modern study of Islam. The mission of the series is the study of past societies of the Middle East, their belief systems, and their underlying social and economic relations--in their aim to cover the entire spectrum of the historically oriented humanities and social sciences.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Contents

General Introduction

Chapter 1. Natural Theology

Chapter 2. Contemplation: Between Theory and Practice

Chapter 3. Doctrine of Creation

Chapter 4. Divine Economy and Continuous Creation

Chapter 5. On the Creation of the Heavens

Chapter 6. On the Creation of Angels and Men

General Conclusion

Bibliography

Indexes.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

3-11-079408-X

OCLC:

1380731910