Biblical prophets in the Qurʼān and Muslim literature.

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Author / Creator:Tottoli, Roberto.
Edition:[English ed.]
Imprint:Richmond, Surrey : Curzon, 2002.
Description:xiii, 213 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Curzon studies in the Qurʼān
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4672801
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ISBN:0700713948
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. The Stories of the Prophets in the Qur'an
  • 1. The function and meaning of the stories of the prophets in the Qur'an
  • 1. The stories of punishment
  • 2. Muhammad and the Biblical tradition
  • 3. How the Qur'an defines the stories of the prophets
  • 2. The Biblical prophets in the Qur'an
  • 1. Adam
  • 2. Noah
  • 3. Abraham
  • 4. Lot
  • 5. Joseph
  • 6. Moses
  • 7. David and Solomon
  • 8. Jesus
  • 9. Job, Jonah, Elijah, Elisha and others
  • 10. The "unnamed" prophets
  • 11. The "Arabian" prophets
  • 3. Prophets and messengers according to the Qur'an
  • Pt. II. The Biblical Prophets in Muslim Literature
  • 4. Introduction
  • 5. Storytellers and converts
  • 1. The role of the storytellers (qussas)
  • 2. The converts; Ka'b al-Ahbar
  • 6. The Biblical prophets in Qur'anic exegesis
  • 1. The origins of exegetical literature
  • 2. The commentary of Ibn Jarir al-Tabari
  • 7. The Biblical prophets in the sayings of Muhammad
  • 1. The prophets and Muhammad
  • 2. The sayings regarding the ascension into heaven and the intercession
  • 3. The savings about the Biblical prophets and Jesus
  • 8. The Biblical prophets in historiography
  • 1. The origins of historiography
  • 2. The Biblical prophets in Muslim historiography
  • 9. The literary genre of the stories of the prophets
  • 1. Wahb ibn Munabbih
  • 2. Ishaq ibn Bishr and 'Umara ibn Wathima
  • 3. al-Tha'labi
  • 4. al-Kisa'i
  • 5. al-Tarafi
  • 10. The Biblical prophets in medieval and modern literature
  • 1. The stories of the prophets in the middle ages
  • 2. The reaction of Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Kathir
  • 3. The twentieth century: Muhammad 'Abduh
  • 4. The rejection of the isra'illiyyat in contemporary literature
  • 5. The stories of the prophets today.