Metaphors of Death and Resurrection in the Qur'an An Intertextual Approach with Biblical and Rabbinic Literature

• Main Author: Galadari, Abdulla (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: London Bloomsbury Academic 2021
• Subjects: Islam; The Koran; Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics; The Koran (Qur'an); Social groups: religious groups and communities; Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Summary

Through extensive textual analysis, this open access book reveals how various passages of the Qur'an define death and resurrection spiritually or metaphorically. While the Day of Resurrection is a major theme of the Qur'an, resurrection has largely been interpreted as physical, which is defined as bones leaving their graves. However, this book shows that the Qur'an sometimes alludes to death and resurrection in a metaphoric manner - for example, rebuilding a desolate town, typically identified as Jerusalem, and bringing the Israelite exiles back; thus, suggesting awareness and engagement with Jewish liturgy. Many times, the Qur'an even speaks of non-believers as spiritually dead, those who live in this world, but are otherwise zombies. The author presents an innovative theory of interpretation, contextualizing the Qur'an within Late Antiquity and traces the Qur'anic passages back to their Biblical, extra-biblical and rabbinic subtexts and traditions. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (272 p.)

ISBN

9781350244559
9781350244542
9781350244535

Access

Open Access