The Qur'an and Modern Arabic Literary Criticism: From Taha to Nasr

by Mohammad Salama

Book Overview

In The Qur'an and Modern Arabic Literary Criticism, Mohammad Salama navigates the labyrinthine semantics that underlie this sacred text and inform contemporary scholarship. The book presents reflections on Quranic exegesis by explaining - and distinguishing between - interpretation and explication. While the book focuses on Quranic and literary scholarship in twentieth-century Egypt from Taha Husayn to Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd, it also engages...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350141593
• ISBN13: 9781350141599
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"