| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 201 pages) |
| Series |
Texts and studies on the Qurʼān, 1567-2808 ; volume 15 |
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Texts and studies on the Qurʼān ; 15.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. Inversion of word order -- 2. Iltifāt -- 3. Indicative in place of imperative or jussive -- 4. Indefinite nouns -- 5. Non-consequential exception -- 6. Pleonasm and redundancy -- 7. Repetition for emphasis -- 8. Parallelism -- 9. Juxtaposition of contrasting conditional sentences -- 10. Coordination -- 11. Lack of conjunctive (asyndeton) -- 12. Parenthesis (iʻtirāḍ) -- 13. Succinctness, or ījāz al-qiṣar -- 14. Ellipsis, or ījāz al-ḥadhf -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"In The Inimitable Qurʼān: Some Problems in English Translations of the Qurʼān with Reference to Rhetorical Features, Khalid Yahya Blankinship examines certain Arabic rhetorical features of the Qurʼān as represented in seven English translations. The author addresses the intersection of two important topics in Qurʼānic studies: the critique of the available English translations and the role of rhetoric in the interpretation of the Qurʼān. He identifies a number of figures characteristic of Qurʼanic style which represent some of the chief stumbling blocks for readers who are used to English in attempting to understand, interpret, and appreciate the text. The book should be useful to all those interested in rhetorical and translation studies and theory as well as Islamic studies"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Khalid Yahya Blankinship, Ph. D. (1988), University of Washington, is Associate Professor of Religion at Temple University. He has published numerous articles, translations, and the book The End of the Jihad State: The Reign of Hisham ibn ʻAbd al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads (SUNY, 1994) |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Qurʼan -- Translating -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Qurʼan -- Language, style.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072971
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Qurʼan fast |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Style
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019040944 |
| ISBN |
9789004417441 |
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9004417443 |
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