Vignettes of Jews in the Qurʾan: A Thematic Survey
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https://doi.org/10.31436/alburhn.v6i1.233Keywords:
Vignettes, Jewish people, Quranic studies, structural unity, Quranic discourseAbstract
The present study falls within the recent approach concerned with analysing the literary aspects of the Quranic discourse. It surveys the vignettes of the Jews in the Qurʾan based on the thematic rubrics under which their images are discursively represented. Shading off into various texts and contexts, the vignettes have been traced and classified so as to form clear ideas about the ultimate depiction of Jews in the Qurʾan apart from any biased impetus. Several verses have been cited under each heading to support the argument it tackles. In addition to highlighting a literary feature of the Qurʾan, the study concluded that the outlined vignettes – both positive and negative – note to a structural unity of the divine book. They also figure out the strain underlying inter-religion conflicts.
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