Qur’ānic Stories
God, Revelation and the Audience
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:26th Jan '23
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Leyla Ozgur Alhassen approaches the Qur’an as a literary, religious and oral text that affects its audience. She looks at how Qur’anic stories function as narrative: how characters and dialogues are portrayed; what themes are repeated; what verbal echoes and conceptual links are present; what structure is established; and what beliefs these narrative choices strengthen. Ozgur Alhassen argues that, in the Qur’an, some narrative features that are otherwise puzzling can be seen as instances in which God, as the narrator, centres himself while putting the audience in its place. In essence, this makes the act of reading an interaction between God and the audience.
This monograph is an impressive addition to the growing number of studies on the Qur’an as a literary text. [...] For all readers of this extraordinary performative text, whatever their background, motive, or outlook, the stories come alive with a fresh, invigorating and engaging analysis, at once exploratory and comprehensive. -- Bruce B. Lawrence, Duke University * AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ISLAM AND SOCIETY 38:3-4 *
[...] the perspectives offered by the author benefit from a wealth of insights and originality. -- Peter G. Riddell, Australian College of Theology * Journal of the American Oriental Society 143.4 (2023) *
By directing readers’ attention to the Qur’an’s narrative strategies for building relationships within and between some of its most important surahs, Ozgur Alhassen makes a welcome contribution to the growing number of studies focusing on the Qur’an’s sophisticated rhetorical choices. * Shawkat M. Toorawa, Yale University *
ISBN: 9781474483186
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184 pages