Thesis
Wisdom in the Qur'an
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This dissertation is an attempt to understand what the Qur’an means by the term ḥikmah. I argue that the Qur’an, when it uses the term, is engaging with biblical wisdom discourse, as it had been interpreted and understood in late antiquity. Wisdom texts are a category of books in the Hebrew Bible and Apocrypha, such as Proverbs and Sirach, that emphasize the importance of acquiring wisdom through contemplating the natural world and one’s own life experience. The presence of this wisdom genre ...
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+ Sinai, N
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Oriental Studies Faculty
Sub department:
Oriental Studies Faculty
Role:
Supervisor
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Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- English
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- Deposit date:
- 2022-07-07
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- Copyright holder:
- Hussain, MS
- Copyright date:
- 2022
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