The Power of Oratory in the Medieval Muslim World.
A remarkable book analysing the importance of oratory for transmitting religious knowledge, legitimising rulers and inculcating moral values in the medieval Islamic world.
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Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; The Power of Oratory in the Medieval Muslim World; Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Laying the Foundations; IDENTIFYING THE GENRES; SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC PREACHING; Preliminary Remarks; Sources for the Ritual-Juridical Conditions of Islamic Preaching; Sources for the Rhetorical-Aesthetic Dimension of Oratory; Andalusi and Maghrebi Sermon Manuscripts; Adab Collections and Rhetorical Treatises; Preaching Manuals; Agency and Oratory: Sources on the Orator and the Audience.
- CONCLUSIONS: METHOD AND THE PROBLEMS WITH THE SOURCES2 The khu & tdotbelow; ba:The "Central Jewel" of Medieval Arab-Islamic Prose; INTRODUCTION; DEFINING THE GENRE; THE FORMAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KHU & TDOTBELOW; BA; The Character and Authority of the kha & tdotbelow; ba; The Liturgical Time and Place of the khu & tdotbelow; ba; Ritualization, Gesture, and Embodied Performances in the Canonical khu & tdotbelow; ba; The Gestures and Rites of Other Canonical and Para-Liturgical Sermons; The Liturgical Content of the khu & tdotbelow; ba.
- 3 Rhetorical and Discursive Strategies of Persuasion in the khu & tdotbelowba; INTRODUCTION; BALAGHA:THE RHETORICAL-AESTHETIC DIMENSION OF KHU & TDOTBELOE; BA; The Language of the khu & tdotbelow; ba; Style for Style's Sake? The Debate over Rhetorical Ornamentation; THE RHETORIC OF LITURGICAL LANGUAGE; Narrative Elements in the khu & tdotbelow; ba; Exhortation; Dùā ́ (Prayers on Behalf of the Community); CONCLUSIONS; PART I: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: Texts, Contexts, and Performances; 4 Canonical Orations: Friday Sermons and Wedding Orations; THE FRIDAY KHU & TDOTBELOW; BA: EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY.
- Ibn Marzūq's Sermon for Rabī̀ al-Awwal5NUPTIAL ORATIONS; The Nuptial Orations of Ibn al-Jannān41; 5 Thematic and Occasional Orations: Political Oratory and Sermons on Jihad; KHU & TDOTBELOW; AB SIYĀSIYYA: POLITICAL ORATIONS; The khu & tdotbelow; ba al-Baỳa: The Articulation of a Model of Sunni Authority; An Almoravid Ceremonial khu & tdotbelow; ba; KHU & TDOTBELOW; AB JIHĀDIYYA: HOLY WAR SERMONS AND BATTLE HARANGUES; A Jihad Oration by Ibn al-Khatīb; CONCLUSIONS; 6 Homiletic Exhortation and Storytelling: Challenging the "Popular"; INTRODUCTION; HOMILETIC EXHORTATION (WÀ̀.):DEFINING THE GENRE.
- HOMILETIC EXHORTATION IN AL-ANDALUS AND THE MAGHREBLiterary and Rhetorical Features of the Maẁiza; The Hortatory Assembly (Majlis al-Wàz): Ritual and Performance; HORTATORY PREACHING, ERUDITION, AND OFFICIAL SPONSORSHIP; CONCLUSION; PART II: THE PREACHER AND THE AUDIENCE; 7 "The Good Eloquent Speaker": Profiles of Premodern Muslim Preachers; THE MAKING OF A MEDIEVAL KHA & TDOTBELOW; IB; The Khatib as Teacher and Mentor; The Curriculum of the Khatīb; The Appointment of the Khatīb; The Preacher in Action; Preachers and Political Power; PROFILES OF THE WA ́I & ZDOTBELOW.