9780292703674-0292703678-The Art of Reciting the Qur'an (Modern Middle East Series)

The Art of Reciting the Qur'an (Modern Middle East Series)

ISBN-13: 9780292703674
ISBN-10: 0292703678
Edition: First Edition
Author: Kristina Nelson
Publication date: 1986
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Format: Hardcover 270 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780292703674
ISBN-10: 0292703678
Edition: First Edition
Author: Kristina Nelson
Publication date: 1986
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Format: Hardcover 270 pages

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The Art of Reciting the Qur'an (Modern Middle East Series) (ISBN-13: 9780292703674 and ISBN-10: 0292703678), written by authors Kristina Nelson, was published by University of Texas Press in 1986. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other Quran (Islam, Rituals & Practice) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Art of Reciting the Qur'an (Modern Middle East Series) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Quran books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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For the Muslim faithful, the familiar sound of the Qurʾanic recitation is the predominant and most immediate means of contact with the Word of God. Heard day and night, on the street, in taxis, in shops, in mosques, and in homes, the sound of recitation is far more than the pervasive background music of daily life in the Arab world. It is the core of religious devotion, the sanctioning spirit of much cultural and social life, and a valued art form in its own right. Participation in recitation, as reciter or listener, is itself an act of worship, for the sound is basic to a Muslim’s sense of religion and invokes a set of meanings transcending the particular occasion.

For the most part, Westerners have approached the Qurʾan much as scriptural scholars have studied the Bible, as a collection of written texts. The Art of Reciting the Qurʾan aims at redirecting that focus toward a deeper understanding of the Qurʾan as a fundamentally oral phenomenon. By examining Muslim attitudes toward the Qurʾan, the institutions that regulate its recitation, and performer-audience expectations and interaction, Kristina Nelson, a trained Arabist and musicologist, casts new light on the significance of Qurʾanic recitation within the world of Islam. Her landmark work is of importance to all scholars and students of the modern Middle East, as well as ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, linguists, folklorists, and religious scholars.

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