Seeing God in Sufi Qur’an Commentaries
crossings between this world and the otherworld
$97.24
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
10 March 2020
Summary
This history of Sufi conceptions of the hereafter often imagined as a place of corporeal reward (Paradise) or punishment (Hell) is built upon the study of five medieval Sufi Qur’an commentaries. Pieter Coppens shows that boundary crossing from this world to the otherworld, and vice versa, revolves around the idea of meeting with and the vision of God; a vision which for some Sufis is not limited to the hereafter. The Qur’anic texts selected for study all key verses on seeing God are pl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474435062 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474435068 |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Apocalypticism and Eschatology |
| Author: | Pieter Coppens |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 10 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 463g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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Critics Review
[…] a well-written monograph which informs us on a body of literature that is not accessible to all.
In both conception and execution, Seeing God in Sufi Qur’an Commentaries is an exemplary work of scholarship. […] He presents his findings in a lucid, admirably accessible, style, with ample and clear signposting; his attention to technical issues such as citation, translation, and transliteration is impeccable[.] – Ahmet T. Karamustafa, University of Maryland * Bulletin of SOAS, Vol. 83, No. 2 *[…] a well-written monograph which informs us on a body of literature that is not accessible to all. – Livnat Holtzman * Ilahiyat Studies, Volume 12 Number 2 *
About The Author
Pieter Coppens
Pieter Coppens is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Theology of VU University, Amsterdam. Besides Islamic eschatology, his research focuses on the history of Qur’anic Exegesis and the history of Sufism.
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