El Masri, Ghasssan, <br/><br/>
The Semantics of Quranic language :  al-Ahira / 
Ghasssan el Masri. 
 - 427 pages :  illustration ;  cm. 
 - Texts and studies on the QurÊ  16  1567-2808 ; .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 'In The Semantics of QurÊc Language: al-AÌ00CC}®ira, Ghassan el Masri offers a semantic study of the concept al-AÌ00CC}®ira'the End' in the QurÊỵ00CC}The study is prefaced with a detailed account of the late antique concept of etymologia (Semantic Etymology). In his work, he demonstrates the necessity of this concept for appreciating the QurÊỵ00CC} rhetorical strategies for claiming discursive authority in the Abrahamic theological tradition. The author applies the etymological tool to his investigation of the theological significance of al-aÌ00CC}®ira, and concludes that the concept is polysemous, and tolerates a large variety of interpretations. The work is unique in that it draws extensively on Biblical material and presents a plethora of pre-Islamic poetry verses in the analysis of the concept'-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004427990  RM576.52 (PTSL) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Qurʼan--Language, style.<br/>Future life--Islam--Qurʼanic teaching.