Interpreting al-Thalabi's Tales of the prophets: temptation, responsibility and loss/

Main Author: Klar, Marianna, 1970-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London; New York: Routledge, [c2009]
Series:Routledge studies in the Quran 9
Subjects:
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300 |a viii, 249 p. ;  |c 23 p. 
490 0 |a Routledge studies in the Quran  |v 9 
505 0 |a 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. 
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