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02870aam a2200385Ii 4500 001 173D807EF76711E7BF59292497128E48 003 SILO 005 20180112010205 008 160829t20172017quc b 001 0 eng 020 $a 0773548866 020 $a 9780773548862 020 $a 0773548858 020 $a 9780773548855 035 $a (OCoLC)958271828 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c NLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d BDX $d BTCTA $d ICW $d OCLCQ $d IUL $d LTSCA $d A7U $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 4 $a BP128.17 $b .R43 2017 $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/classification/BP1-BP610 055 0 $a BP128.17 $b .R43 2017 082 04 $a 297.1/22721 $2 23 100 1 $a Reda, Nevin, $e author. 245 14 $a The al-Baqara crescendo : $b understanding the Qurʼanʼs style, narrative structure, and running themes / $c Nevin Reda. 264 1 $a Montreal ; $b McGill-Queen's University Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xi, 250 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Advancing studies in religion ; $v 1 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-246) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- 1. How to read the Qur'an holistically : understanding the rationale -- 2. Beginnning at the beginning : Al-FaÌtihÌ£a as a prelude to Surat al-Baqara -- 3. Symmetry and a mounting dynamic : al-Baqara's skeletal outline -- 4. Thematic affirmation : al-Baqara's chiastic structure -- 5. "God as guide" : Surat al-Baqara's running theme in the divine self-revelatory reading -- 6. Placing humanity at the focal point : "responsibility" as the pedagogical running theme of Surat al-Baquara -- 7. Windows into the tradition : al-BiqaÌ'iÌ and al-TÌ£abaÌtÌ£abaÌ'iÌ on Surat al-Baqara -- Conclusion -- Appendix : Holistic approaches in Biblical studies. 520 $a "This book is a study of the poetics of Qurʼanic narrative, specifically the poetics of Surat al-Baqara, the second and longest sura in the Qurʼan. It argues that the sura, which has often been dismissed by Orientalist critics as a jumbled collection of unrelated material, can be appreciated as a coherent composition by approaching it as an oral text, that is, by paying attention to oral structural markers such as repetition."-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 630 00 $a Qurʼan. $p SuÌrat al-Baqarah $v Commentaries. 630 07 $a Qurʼan. $p SuÌrat al-Baqarah. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01842891 655 7 $a Commentaries. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423723 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423723 776 1 $a Reda, Nevin, 1965-, author. $t Al-Baqara crescendo. $k Advancing studies in religion ; $k Advancing studies in religion ; $w (CaOONL)20169057488 830 0 $a Advancing studies in religion ; $v 1. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017034540 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211021826.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=173D807EF76711E7BF59292497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search