By Marianna Klar
ISBN-10: 0415366631
ISBN-13: 9780415366632
Al-Tha’labi used to be a popular Qur’anic pupil of the fifth/eleventh century, and his ‘Ara’is al-majalis is arguably the best and most generally consulted instance of the Islamic qisas al-anbiya’ style.
Drawing on basic Arabic resources, Klar applies sleek serious equipment to be able to discover the character of al-Tha’labi’s ‘Ara'is al-majalis inside of its historic and literary context, and thereby produces a compelling exam of the tales of Noah, task, Saul and David as portrayed within the key historiographical and folkloric texts of the medieval Islamic interval. through an in depth research of the appropriate narratives, the ebook considers a few common elements of the human situation as they're displayed in those stories, from first a non secular, then a familial, and eventually a social point of view. Touching upon the advantages and obstacles of the applying of bible study and literary motifs to Islamic fabrics, the ebook investigates the probabilities of interpretation raised via a basically psychoanalytical interpreting of the stories of the 4 participants in query. As such, this article will be of serious curiosity to students of the biblical prophets, Qur’anic reports, Islamic historiography, folklore and literary criticism.
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