Vanessa De Gifis: 1 book
Shaping a Qur'anic Worldview
Scriptural Hermeneutics and the Rhetoric of Moral Reform in the Caliphate of al-Ma'ūn
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Exploring the subjectivity of the Qurʾān’s meaning in the world, this book analyses Qurʾānic referencing in Muslim political rhetoric.
Informed by classical Arabic-Islamic rhetorical theory, the author examines Arabic documents attributed to the ʿAbbāsid Caliph al-Maʾmūn (r. 813-833),...
