Mary in the Qur'an: A Literary Reading (Routledge Studies in the Qur'an) - Softcover

Abboud, Hosn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138282480 ISBN 13: 9781138282483

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

Providing an analysis of the complete story of Mary in its liturgical, narrative and rhetorical contexts, this literary reading is a prerequisite to any textual reading of the Qur’an whether juristic, theological, or otherwise.

intertextuality between the Old Testament, New Testament and the Qur’an.

The Qur’an is an oral event, linguistic phenomenon and great literature. So the application of modern literary theories is essential to have full comprehension of the history of the development of literary forms from pre-Islamic period such as poetry, story telling, speech-giving to the present. In addition, there is a need, from a feminist perspective, to understand in depth why a Christian mother figure such as Mary was important in early Islam and in the different stages of the development of the Qur’an as a communication process between Muhammad and the early Muslim community.

Introducing modern literary theories, gender perspective and feminist criticism into Qur’anic scholarship for the first time, this book will be an invaluable resource for scholars and researchers of Islamic Studies, Qur’anic and New Testament Studies, Comparative Literature and Feminist Theology.

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About the Author

Hosn Abboud holds a Ph.D from the University of Toronto in Islamic Religion and Philosophy with a focus on gender issues in Islam, and modern Arabic feminist writings. Mary in the Qur’an has also been published in Arabic (Dar-al-Saqi, 2010).

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138282480
• ISBN 13: 9781138282483
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208