UID:
edocfu_9959228763102883
Format:
1 online resource (268 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-99059-0
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9786611990596
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3-11-021066-5
Series Statement:
Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients ; n.F., Bd. 20
Content:
This work deals with concepts of time in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry and in the Koran, placing them in relation to Hellenistic conceptions of time in Late Antique poetry. The analysis shows that just as in the much earlier field of Greek poetry, so too in Old Arabic verse time is seen as an inescapable power. The Arabic concept for endless time, dahr, is revealed to be the Arabic equivalent of the Greek concept aión. Inthe Koran the power of time is denied completely and replaced by the absolute power of God, which is described with the help of Hellenisticconceptions of time. The research sugges
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Habilitation Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg 2007.
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Frontmatter --
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Inhaltsverzeichnis --
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Einleitung --
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Erster Teil. Zeit und Zeitlichkeit in der vorislamisch-arabischen Dichtung --
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Erstes Kapitel. Zeitvorstellungen in der altarabischen Dichtung --
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Zweites Kapitel. Wahrnehmung der Zeitlichkeit --
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Zweiter Teil. Arabischer Hellenismus --
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Drittes Kapitel. Dahr: Arabischer aion --
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Viertes Kapitel. Aufhebung der Zeit in Koran und Überlieferung --
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Perspektivische Abschlussbemerkungen --
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Backmatter
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Issued also in print.
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German
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-020057-0
Language:
German
DOI:
10.1515/9783110210668
