How the Qur'an Works - Reading Sacred Narrative

How the Qur''an Works: Reading Sacred Narrative focuses on Qur''anic narrative, and specifically, repetition in Qur''anic stories. This book begins its analysis looking at repetition on a large scale-structure-and moves to a small scale-root letters. The book takes a journey through the Qur''an, often expansive, moving from one verse to another, one story to another, focusing on narratological elements while conducting a fine reading of Qur''anic material in order to understand how these techniques enhance a theological agenda. It helps us to better understand particular Qur''anic stories, Qur''anic literary style and Qur''anic theology.