The Qur'ân's Self-Image : : Writing and Authority in Islam's Scripture /

The Qur'ân's Self-Image : : Writing and Authority in Islam's Scripture / / Daniel Madigan.

Islam is frequently characterized as a "religion of the book," and yet Muslims take an almost entirely oral approach to their scripture. Qur'ân means "recitation" and refers to the actual words Muslims believe were revealed to Muhammad by God. Many recite the entire sacred t...

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Madigan, Daniel,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2001
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • A NOTE FOR THE NON-ARABIST
  • TABLE O F ARABIC TRANSLITERATIONS
  • Introduction
  • 1. THE QUR'ÂN AS A BOOK
  • 2. THE QUR'ÂN'S REJECTION OF SOME COMMON CONCEPTIONS OF KITÂB
  • 3. SEMANTIC ANALYSIS AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF KITÂB
  • 4. THE SEMANTIC FIELD OF KITÂB I : VERBAL USES OF THE ROOT K-T-B
  • 5. THE SEMANTIC FIELD OF KITÂB II: TITLES AND PROCESSES
  • 6. THE SEMANTIC FIELD OF KITÂB III: SYNONYMS AND ATTRIBUTES
  • 7. THE ELUSIVENESS OF THE KITÂB: PLURALS, PARTITIVES, AND INDEFINITES
  • 8. THE CONTINUING LIFE OF THE KITÂB IN MUSLIM TRADITION
  • APPENDIX: THE PEOPLE OF TUE KITÂB
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX OF QUR'ÂN QUOTATIONS
  • GENERAL INDEX

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