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Author Tamer, Georges

Title Zeit und Gott : hellenistische Zeitvorstellungen in der altarabischen Dichtung und im Koran / Georges Tamer
Published Berlin ; New York : Walter De Gruyter, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 253 pages)
Series Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients ; n.F., Bd. 20
Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients (2004) ; n.F., Bd. 20.
Contents Frontmatter -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Einleitung -- Erster Teil. Zeit und Zeitlichkeit in der vorislamisch-arabischen Dichtung -- Erstes Kapitel. Zeitvorstellungen in der altarabischen Dichtung -- Zweites Kapitel. Wahrnehmung der Zeitlichkeit -- Zweiter Teil. Arabischer Hellenismus -- Drittes Kapitel. Dahr: Arabischer aion -- Viertes Kapitel. Aufhebung der Zeit in Koran und Überlieferung -- Perspektivische Abschlussbemerkungen -- Backmatter
Summary This work deals with concepts of time in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry and in the Koran, placing them in relation to Hellenistic conceptions of time in Late Antique poetry. The analysis shows that just as in the much earlier field of Greek poetry, so too in Old Arabic verse time is seen as an inescapable power. The Arabic concept for endless time, dahr, is revealed to be the Arabic equivalent of the Greek concept aión. In the Koran the power of time is denied completely and replaced by the absolute power of God, which is described with the help of Hellenistic conceptions of time. The research sugg
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-244) and index
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SUBJECT Qurʼan -- Language, style. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072971
Qurʼan fast
Koran gnd
Qurʼan -- Language, style nli
Subject Arabic literature -- To 622 -- History and criticism
Arabic literature -- To 622 -- Greek influences
Time in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
Language and languages -- Style
Arabic literature
Time in literature
Zeit
Altarabisch
Literatur
Zeit Motiv
Arabic literature -- To 622 -- History and criticism
Arabic literature -- To 622 -- Greek influences
Time in literature
Altarabisch.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783110210668
3110210665