Leyla Ozgur Alhassen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5903806 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leyla Ozgur Alhassen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leyla Ozgur |
| FAMILY NAME | Alhassen |
| SIGNATURE | ALHASSEN L O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Islam and Iconoclasm
In the Qurʾān, Ibrāhīm is portrayed as breaking the idols that his people worship (21:51–73), a story that comes at the crossroads of a number of ethical issues, including the freedom of belief. In this study, I examine the issue through a number of different lenses: Qurʾānic commentary ( tafsīr on the story), art history (Islam, art and iconoclasm), legal opinions (jurisprudence), philosophical approaches (civil disobedience), and literary analy…
Behçet Kemal Çağlar's Kur’ân‐ı Kerîm'den İlhamlar ( Inspirations from the Holy Qur’ān )
Behçet Kemal Çağlar, 1908–1969, is the author of a commentary of the Qur’ān, Kur’ân‐ı Kerîm'den İlhamlar (‘Inspirations from the Holy Qur’ān’), published in 1966. This work can be described as a poetic reflection on the Qur’ān. It does not adhere to rendering every line or verse, but instead insists on maintaining a rhythmic cadence and end‐rhyme. Although it resembles a translation in some ways, Çağlar refuses to call his work a translation. Thi…
A Structural Analysis of Sūrat Maryam , Verses 1–58
This article takes a structural approach to the stories told in Q. 19:1–58. Relying on the theoretical ideas of Ferdinand de Saussure, Roland Barthes, and Wayne Booth, and focusing primarily on the Qur'anic text itself while referring to classical and modern Qur'an commentaries, it uses structural analysis as a tool with which to analyse the theme of secrets that is prominent throughout the various stories told in this section of Sūrat Maryam. In…
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A Structural Analysis of Sūrat Maryam , Verses 1–58
This article takes a structural approach to the stories told in Q. 19:1–58. Relying on the theoretical ideas of Ferdinand de Saussure, Roland Barthes, and Wayne Booth, and focusing primarily on the Qur'anic text itself while referring to classical and modern Qur'an commentaries, it uses structural analysis as a tool with which to analyse the theme of secrets that is prominent throughout the various stories told in this section of Sūrat Maryam. In…
Behçet Kemal Çağlar's Kur’ân‐ı Kerîm'den İlhamlar ( Inspirations from the Holy Qur’ān )
Behçet Kemal Çağlar, 1908–1969, is the author of a commentary of the Qur’ān, Kur’ân‐ı Kerîm'den İlhamlar (‘Inspirations from the Holy Qur’ān’), published in 1966. This work can be described as a poetic reflection on the Qur’ān. It does not adhere to rendering every line or verse, but instead insists on maintaining a rhythmic cadence and end‐rhyme. Although it resembles a translation in some ways, Çağlar refuses to call his work a translation. Thi…
Islam and Iconoclasm
In the Qurʾān, Ibrāhīm is portrayed as breaking the idols that his people worship (21:51–73), a story that comes at the crossroads of a number of ethical issues, including the freedom of belief. In this study, I examine the issue through a number of different lenses: Qurʾānic commentary ( tafsīr on the story), art history (Islam, art and iconoclasm), legal opinions (jurisprudence), philosophical approaches (civil disobedience), and literary analy…
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