Qur'ānic Stories: God, Revelation and the Audience

by Leyla Ozgur Alhassen

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474483186
• ISBN13: 9781474483186
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"