Shaping a Qur'anic worldview : scriptural hermeneutics and the rhetoric of moral reform in the Caliphate of al-Ma'un / Vanessa De Gifis.

Shaping a Qur'anic worldview : scriptural hermeneutics and the rhetoric of moral reform in the Caliphate of al-Ma'un /

"Exploring the subjectivity of the Qurʼān's meaning in the world, this book analyses Qurʼānic referencing in Muslim political rhetoric. Informed by classical Arabic-Islamic rhetorical theory, the author examines Arabic documents attributed to the ʻAbbāsid Caliph al-Maʼmūn (r. 813-833), who...

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Main Author: De Gifis, Vanessa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Hoboken : Routledge ; Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Series:Routledge studies in the Qurʼān.
Subjects:
Maʼmūn, > Caliph, > 786-833.
Qurʼan > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History.
Qurʼan > Language, style.
Islam > Doctrines > History.
Arabic language > Rhetoric.
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