Interpreting al-Thalabi's Tales of the prophets: temptation, responsibility and loss/
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London; New York:
Routledge,
[c2009]
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| Series: | Routledge studies in the Quran
9 |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.