The Semantics of Qurʾanic Language: Al-Āḫira

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-42799-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 428 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 774 g

Reihe: Texts and Studies on the Qur'an

In The Semantics of Qur'anic Language: al-AHira, Ghassan el Masri offers a semantic study of the concept al-aHira ‘the End’ in the Qur'an. The study is prefaced with a detailed account of the late antique concept of etymologia (Semantic Etymology). In his work, he demonstrates the necessity of this concept for appreciating the Qur'an’s rhetorical strategies for claiming discursive authority in the Abrahamic theological tradition. The author applies the etymological tool to his investigation of the theological significance of al-aHira, and concludes that the concept is polysemous, and tolerates a large variety of interpretations. The work is unique in that it draws extensively on Biblical material and presents a plethora of pre-Islamic poetry verses in the analysis of the concept.

Autoren/Hrsg.

El Masri, Ghassan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Koran, Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Etymology, Historic and Semantic

3. Arabian Terms and Notions

4. Time between Beginning and End

5. Biblical Vocabulary

6. The Qur'anic Shifts

7. The Middle Meccan Period

8. The Late Meccan Period

9. The Medinan Developments

10. Conclusion

Appendix – Occurrences of the Root '-H-r and their Correlates

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ghassan el Masri, Dr. Phil (2011), Freie Universität Berlin, teaches and researches at the university. He has published several articles on the Qur'an and Pre-Islamic Poetry.