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- catalog abstract ""Islam is frequently characterized as a "religion of the book," and yet Muslims take an almost entirely oral approach to their scripture. Qur'an means "recitation" and refers to the actual words Muslims believe were revealed to Muhammad by God. many recite the entire sacred text from memory, and it was some years after the Prophet's death that it was first put in book form. Physical books play no part in Islamic ritual. What does the Qur'an mean, then, when it so often calls itself Kitab, a term usually taken both by Muslims and by Western scholars to mean "book"?" "Here Daniel Madigan reevaluates this key term, kitab, in close readings of the Qur'an's own declarations about itself. He presents a compelling semantic analysis, arguing that the Qur'an understands itself not so much as a completed book but as an ongoing process of divine "writing" and "re-writing," as God's authoritative response to actual people and circumstances." "Madigan's book will be valuable not only to Islamicists but also to scholars who study revelation across religious boundaries."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12262373.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Islam is frequently characterized as a "religion of the book," and yet Muslims take an almost entirely oral approach to their scripture. Qur'an means "recitation" and refers to the actual words Muslims believe were revealed to Muhammad by God. many recite the entire sacred text from memory, and it was some years after the Prophet's death that it was first put in book form. Physical books play no part in Islamic ritual. What does the Qur'an mean, then, when it so often calls itself Kitab, a term usually taken both by Muslims and by Western scholars to mean "book"?" "Here Daniel Madigan reevaluates this key term, kitab, in close readings of the Qur'an's own declarations about itself. He presents a compelling semantic analysis, arguing that the Qur'an understands itself not so much as a completed book but as an ongoing process of divine "writing" and "re-writing," as God's authoritative response to actual people and circumstances." "Madigan's book will be valuable not only to Islamicists but also to scholars who study revelation across religious boundaries."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-227) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- The Qur'ân as a Book -- The Qur'ân's Rejection of Some Common Conceptions of Kitâb -- Semantic Analysis and the Understanding of Kitâb -- The Semantic Field Kitâb I: Verbal Uses of the Root K-T-B -- The Semantic Field of Kitâb II: Titles and Process -- The Semantic Field of Kitâb III: Synonyms and Attributes -- The Elusiveness of the Kitâb: Plurals, Partitives, and Indefinites -- The Continuing Life of the Kitâb in Muslim Tradition -- Appendix: The People of the Kitâb.".
- catalog extent "xv, 236 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0691059500".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng ara".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog subject "BP130.7 .M34 2001".
- catalog subject "Islam Apologetic works.".
- catalog subject "Qurʼan Criticism, interpretation, etc.".
- catalog subject "Qurʼan Evidences, authority, etc.".
- catalog subject "Qurʼan Hermeneutics.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- The Qur'ân as a Book -- The Qur'ân's Rejection of Some Common Conceptions of Kitâb -- Semantic Analysis and the Understanding of Kitâb -- The Semantic Field Kitâb I: Verbal Uses of the Root K-T-B -- The Semantic Field of Kitâb II: Titles and Process -- The Semantic Field of Kitâb III: Synonyms and Attributes -- The Elusiveness of the Kitâb: Plurals, Partitives, and Indefinites -- The Continuing Life of the Kitâb in Muslim Tradition -- Appendix: The People of the Kitâb.".
- catalog title "The Qur'ân's self image : writing and authority in Islam's scripture / Daniel A. Madigan.".
- catalog type "Apologetic works. fast".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".