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dc.contributor.authorGaladari, Abdulla
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-14T14:54:58Z
dc.date.available2022-10-14T14:54:58Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifierONIX_20221014_9781350244542_183
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58852
dc.description.abstractThrough extensive textual analysis, this open access book reveals how various passages of the Qur’an define death and resurrection spiritually or metaphorically. While the Day of Resurrection is a major theme of the Qur’an, resurrection has largely been interpreted as physical, which is defined as bones leaving their graves. However, this book shows that the Qur’an sometimes alludes to death and resurrection in a metaphoric manner – for example, rebuilding a desolate town, typically identified as Jerusalem, and bringing the Israelite exiles back; thus, suggesting awareness and engagement with Jewish liturgy. Many times, the Qur’an even speaks of non-believers as spiritually dead, those who live in this world, but are otherwise zombies. The author presents an innovative theory of interpretation, contextualizing the Qur’an within Late Antiquity and traces the Qur’anic passages back to their Biblical, extra-biblical and rabbinic subtexts and traditions. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRP Islamen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRP Islam::QRPF Islam: sacred texts and revered writings::QRPF1 The Koran (Qur’an)en_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianityen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVC Criticism and exegesis of sacred textsen_US
dc.subject.otherThe Koran (Qur’an)
dc.subject.otherSocial groups: religious groups and communities
dc.subject.otherCriticism and exegesis of sacred texts
dc.titleMetaphors of Death and Resurrection in the Qur’an
dc.title.alternativeAn Intertextual Approach with Biblical and Rabbinic Literature
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.5040/9781350244559
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy066d8288-86e4-4745-ad2c-4fa54a6b9b7b
oapen.relation.isbn9781350244542
oapen.relation.isbn9781350244535
oapen.imprintBloomsbury Academic
oapen.pages272
oapen.place.publicationLondon


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