Logic, Rhetoric and Legal Reasoning in the Qur'an: God's Arguments (Routledge Studies in the Qur'an) - Softcover

Gwynne, Rosalind Ward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415554195 ISBN 13: 9780415554190

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

Logic, Rhetoric and Legal Reasoning in the Qur'an Muslims have always used verses from the Qur'an to support opinions on law, theology, or life in general, but almost no attention has been paid to how the Qur'an presents its own precepts as conclusions proceeding from reasoned arguments. Whether it is a question of God's powers of creation, the rationale for his acts, or how people are to think clearly about their lives and fates, Muslims have so... Full description

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Review:

'A study of the forms and content of the Qur'an's argument and how it pertains to religion is very welcome indeed and Gwynne is to be commended for broaching this topic.' - The Muslim World Book Review

'The result is a unique study on the form of the Qur'anic arguement that will be of interest to Qur'an scholars, Biblical scholars, classicists, theologians, logicians, legal philosophers, rhetoricians and philosophers alike.'  - Jawad A Quereshi

About the Author:

Rosalind Ward Gwynne studied at Portland State University, the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, Shemlan, Lebanon, and the University of Washington. She was a Fulbright Fellow in Yemen. She is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0415554195
• ISBN 13: 9780415554190
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272