02355nam a2200505Ki 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.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu140505s2014    mdu     ob    001 0 eng d  aN$TbengerdaepncN$T  a9780739183588 (electronic bk.)  a0739183583 (electronic bk.)  z9780739183571  z0739183575  a(OCoLC)879202796  a766363b(N$T) 4aPJ6696b.B26 2014eb 7aRELx0370002bisacsh04a297.1/22223  aN$TA1 aBannister, Andrew G.,d1972-13aAn Oral-Formulaic Study of the Qurʼan /cAndrew G. Bannister. 1aLanham :bLexington Books,c2014.  a1 online resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe Qurʼan and narrative biblicist traditions -- The narratival roots of the Islamic tradition -- The development of oral literary theory -- The application of oral-formulaic theory to pre-Islamic arabic poetry -- Mapping the landscape: a computerised formulaic analysis of the Qurʼanic text -- Digging deeper: verse-level formulaic analysis -- Searching for formulaic systems -- Iblis and Adam: a comparative application of computerised and "manual" methods of formulaic analysis to the seven retellings -- Conclusion: The Qurʼan and orality -- Appendix: The Seven Iblis and Adam stories and an English translation.  aDescription based on print version record.00aQurʼanxLanguage, style. 0aOral tradition in literature. 0aQurʼan as literature. 0aOrality in literature. 0aArabic languagexRhetoric. 7aRELIGION / Islam / General2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aBannister, Andrew G., 1972-tOral-Formulaic Study of the Qurʼanz9780739183571w(DLC)  2013050868w(OCoLC)865536783403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=766363  aEBSCOhostbEBSCn766363  acpp1723AUTO  a02bN$T  c54770d54770