Interpreting al-Tha'labī's Tales of the prophets : temptation, responsibility and loss / M.O. Klar.
نوع المادة : نصالسلاسل:Routledge studies in the Qur'an ; 9الناشر:Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : New York, NY : Routledge, 2009وصف:viii, 249 pages ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780415366632 (hbk)
- 0415366631 (hbk)
- 9780203019306
- 020301930X
- BP166.4.T53 K43 2009
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | BP166.4.T53 K43 2009 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000268835 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Sources and figures -- Texts -- Patterns and methodology -- Job the afflicted. Narratives -- Crime and punishment: Job's intrinsic arrogance -- Oedipus: Job's relationship with God -- Order and chaos: Job as sacred executioner -- Conclusions -- King Saul. Narratives -- Crime and punishment: Saul runs amok-- Oedipus: Saul as father -- Order and chaos: Saul, a victim of circumstance? -- Conclusions -- David. Narratives -- Crime and punishment: David and the glance -- David: from Oedipus to Laius -- Order and chaos: David as aspirer to the golden mean -- Conclusions -- Noah. Narratives -- Crime and punishment: Noah's contentiousness -- Oedipus: Noah, Canaan and Ham -- Order and chaos: Noah's uncomfortable utopia -- Conclusions.
Klar gives a compelling examination of the prophets Job, Saul, David, Noah and Solomon as portrayed in Tha'labi's 'Arais Al-Majalis' and questions its efficacy as a tool for the exploration for the human condition via a close analysis of the tales of the five figures.