The Semantics of Quranic language : al-Ahira / Ghasssan el Masri.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'In The Semantics of QurÊ{u1BA9}c Language: al-AÌ{u8EF5}00CC}®ira, Ghassan el Masri offers a semantic study of the concept al-AÌ{u8EF5}00CC}®ira'the End' in the QurÊỵ00CC}{uEBA0}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}{uE9F3} 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-aÌ{u8EF5}00CC}®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'-- Provided by publisher.