Mark Durie

The Qur'an and Its Biblical Reflexes (eBook, ePUB)

Investigations into the Genesis of a Religion

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This path-breaking book sets aside the traditional story of the life of Muhammad, and inquires into the internal history of the Qur'an itself. Drawing on fresh insights from linguistics and theology, Durie puts forward a new and very different explanation for the "Mecca-Medina" division, attributing it to a theological crisis which arose in the Qur'anic community. Through careful investigation of theologically charged topics such as prophecy, Satan, sin, the oneness of God, covenant, warfare, divine presence, and holiness, Durie questions whether the Qur'an and Bible really do share a deeper connection. He invites the reader to set aside the frames through which the Qur'an has been viewed in the past, whether Biblical or Islamic, and invites us to attend to the Qur'an's distinctive and unique theological vision, in its own terms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498569460
• Artikelnr.: 53628427

Autorenporträt

Mark Durie is adjunct research fellow at the Arthur Jeffery Centre for the Study of Islam at the Melbourne School of Theology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Fundamental Question
1. Preliminaries to a Qur'anic Theology
2. The Eschatological Crisis
3. A Non-Biographical Qur'anic Chronology
4. Monotheism
5. Rasulology and Prophetology
6. Lexical and Narrative Studies
Conclusion: The Genesis of a New Religion?