Representations of the Divine in Arabic Poetry

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-90-420-1574-6
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 239 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 220 mm, Gewicht: 535 g

Reihe: Orientations

In Islam the fascination for “the word” is as vigorous as in Judaism and in Christianity, but an extra dimension is, that the revealed text, the Koran, is considered to be verbatim the word of the Almighty Himself, thereby providing the Arabic language with just an extra quality. No wonder that throughout Islamic history the study of the word, the Koran, the prophet’s utterances and the interpretation of both, has become the main axis of knowledge and education.
As a consequence the intellectuals – and also the poets in Islamic culture - were thoroughly familiar with religious terms and the phraseology of a language which was highly estimated because of the divine origin with which it was associated. No wonder therefore, that allusions to religious texts can be found throughout Arabic literature, both classical and modern.
The subject of this volume is the representation of the divine in Arabic poetry, be it the experience of the divine as expressed by poets or the use of imagery coined by religion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Borg, Gert

Moor, Ed C.M. de

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Gert BORG: Introduction
Part I: Classical Poetry
Gert BORG: The Divine in the works of Umayya b. Abî al-ªalt
James E. MONTGOMERY: Salvation at Sea? Seafaring in Early Arabic Poetry
Geert Jan van GELDER: Mudrik al-Shaybânî's Poem on A Christian Boy: Bad Taste or Harmless Wit?
Peter BACHMANN: Manifestations of the Divine as Represented in Poems by Ibn-al-ÁArabî
Joseph SCATTOLIN: The Experience of the Divine in the Poetry of the Egyptian Suffi Poet ÁUmar Ibn al-Fârid.
Arie SCHIPPERS: Humorous Approach of the Divine in the Poetry of al-Andalus. The Case of Ibn Sahl
Part II: Modern Poetry
Stefan WILD: The Koran as Subtext in Modern Arabic Poetry
Cornelis NIJLAND: Religious motifs and themes in North American Mahjar Poetry.
Robin OSTLE: Between Heaven and Hell: Sin and Sexuality in the Poetry of Ilyâs Abû Shabaka.
Ed de MOOR†: The Humanized God in the Poetry of a Tammuzian: Badr Shâkir al-Sayyâb
Stefan WEIDNER: The Divinity of the Profane. Representations of the Divine in the Poetry of Adûnîs.
Roger ALLEN: The Christ Figure in ªâyigh's Poetry.