TY - JOUR
T1 - Pharaoh and his council
T2 - Great minds think Alike
AU - Witztum, Joseph
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In two suras of the Quran (Q 7 and Q 26) a dialogue between Pharaoh and his council members (mala') is recorded after Moses performed miracles before them The account in Q 7 is textually problematic, the version of Q 26 is smooth After a brief survey of possible pre-Islamic precedents for the dialogue, this note explores the two nearly identical yet contradictory intraquranic parallels and the relationship between them, and surveys the harmonizing approaches of the classical exe-getes as well as the critical attitudes of modern scholars to the issue Finally, the textual dynamic that caused the passage in Q 7 to change is reconstructed An appendix examines the other minute differences between the two passages.
AB - In two suras of the Quran (Q 7 and Q 26) a dialogue between Pharaoh and his council members (mala') is recorded after Moses performed miracles before them The account in Q 7 is textually problematic, the version of Q 26 is smooth After a brief survey of possible pre-Islamic precedents for the dialogue, this note explores the two nearly identical yet contradictory intraquranic parallels and the relationship between them, and surveys the harmonizing approaches of the classical exe-getes as well as the critical attitudes of modern scholars to the issue Finally, the textual dynamic that caused the passage in Q 7 to change is reconstructed An appendix examines the other minute differences between the two passages.
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U2 - 10.7817/jameroriesoci.139.4.0945
DO - 10.7817/jameroriesoci.139.4.0945
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AN - SCOPUS:85078899442
SN - 0003-0279
VL - 139
SP - 945
EP - 952
JO - Journal of the American Oriental Society
JF - Journal of the American Oriental Society
IS - 4
ER -