Critical Examination of Orientalist Views concerning the Quranic Approach to Story-Telling

Authors

1 عضو هیئت علمی جامعه المصطفی العالمیه

2 دانش آموخته دکتری تفسیر تطبیقی دانشگاه علوم و معارف قرآن قم

3 کارشناسی ارشد علوم قرآنی و حدیث

Abstract

Quranic stories and their method of presentation have prompted orientalists to study and purportedly find fault with them in terms of literature and structure. Some such criticisms include failure to observe chronological order, repetition of stories, and omission of details. In the stories of prophets, the Quran tells the highlights of the stories with specific instructional purposes. Furthermore, for various aims, stories of prophets have been told in numerous Quranic chapters in different manners. Considering the readership as well as the purpose of gradual instruction, the Quran does not provide all details of stories. Thus, various orientalists, including Watt, have called aspects of Quranic stories into question. The present paper examines the views of orientalists in this regard and provides reasons for this manner of story-telling in the Quran.

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Volume 10, Issue 19
Volume 19, Autumn - Winter 2016
October 2015
Pages 109-130
  • Receive Date: 30 April 2015
  • Revise Date: 17 September 2015
  • Accept Date: 05 January 2016