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A place between two places : the Quranic barzakh
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ISBN: 9781463206123 1463206127 Year: 2017 Publisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press,

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A Place Between Two Places : The Quranic Barzakh
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For believers in a resurrection of the body, there arises the question of what happens after death but before the Last Day: the intermediate state. For most Muslims, the intermediate state is the barzakh. It is a fantastical and frightening time in the grave. The present study will examine where the belief in the barzakh comes from through a study of the Qur'an.

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The prophet's whistle : late antique orality, literacy, and the Quran
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ISBN: 9781609389451 160938945X Year: 2024 Publisher: Iowa City: University of Iowa Press,

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The Quran is an oral performance given by an unlettered man named Muhammad in the 7th century. Nearly all scholarship and Islamic thought agree upon that. But oddly, there has never been a manuscript length analysis on orality, literacy, and the entire Quran. Using observations from the anthropologies of living oral cultures, the cognitive sciences of literacy, and the study of other dead oral cultures, this project corrects this striking absence. The Quran first appeared in an environment with little to no formalized literature. We see nothing at all to suggest that Late Antique western Arabia in the early 7th century was creating, translating, or copying long, complicated writings, like books. The Quran is probably the first book (in our sense of the term) in the Arabic language. Therefore, the Quran reflects this gradual cultural shift of mind from more oral forms of thought to more literate forms. The earliest passages of the Quran speak with, to, and in the manner of a deeply oral culture. As the suras (roughly meaning "sections") of the Quran continued to manifest, ever more signs of literate thinking appear within its words. By the closing stages of the Quran's entrance into history, we can detect glimmers of the future manuscript culture of the classical Islamic world - which, of course, the Quran itself helped create. The thought systems of the Quran are oral, through and through, but by the end of the life of its Prophet, the Quran likewise hints at a personal and cultural embrace of writing and the mindsets of literate people. The Prophet's Whistle: Late Antique Orality, Literacy, and the Quran is a study on the ancient, non-literary features of the Quran, many of which often overlooked by historians and the public.


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Routledge companion to the Qur'an
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ISBN: 9780415709507 0415709504 9781032072456 9781315885360 Year: 2021 Publisher: New York : Routledge,

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"The Routledge Companion to the Qur'an offers an impressive and comprehensive overview of the formative scripture of Islam. Including a wide number of scholarly approaches to the Qur'an by both established authorities and emergent voices, the forty essays in this volume represent the latest word on the academic understanding of the Muslim scripture. The Qur'an is spoken of in scholarship across disciplines; is the beating heart of a living community of believers; is a work of beauty and basis for art and culture; is a profoundly significant historical artifact; and is a mysterious survivor from the Late Ancient Arabic-speaking world. This Handbook accompanies the reader into the many worlds that the Qur'an lives in, from its ancient settings, to its internal drama, and through the 1,400 years of discussion and debate about its meaning. Bringing diverse approaches to the Qur'an together in one volume The Routledge Companion to the Qur'an represents the vibrancy of the field of Qur'anic Studies today. This Handbook is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies and Islamic studies. This Handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as, area studies, sociology, anthropology, and history"--

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