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

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

In Creation and Contemplation, Julien Decharneux explores the connections between the cosmology of the Qur’ān and various cosmological traditions of Late Antiquity, with a focus on Syriac Christianity. The first part of the book studies how, in exhorting its audience to contemplate the world, the Qu...

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Decharneux, Julien,
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Decharneux, Julien,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East , 47
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Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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

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