Leyla Ozgur Alhassen is a Qur'anic studies scholar and the author of Qur'anic Stories: God, Revelation and the Audience. Her scholarship revolves around Qur'anic stories, style and interpretation in literature, performance, and art, across historical periods, languages, and disciplinary boundaries. She has a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.

• List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Why Repetition? 2. Chapter Two: Repetition in Structure: Parallels, Reversals and Triangles3. Chapter Three: Repetition in the Qur'anic Story of Musa4. Chapter Four: Repetition and the Portrayal of Time in the Story of Musa and Harun in the Qur'an5. Chapter Five: Echoing Phrases, Words and Actions in Qur'anic Stories: Exchange Encounters, Fasting, Feasting and Faith 6. Chapter Six: Repetition in Surat al-Shu'ara: Prophethood, Power and Inspiration7. Chapter Seven: Repetition in Sarat al-Qamar and a Comparison with Surat al-Shu'ara8. Conclusion: Connections, Narrative and Power9. AppendicesAppendix A: MusaAppendix B: Surat al-Shu'araAppendix C: Surat al-Qamar and Comparisons of Surat al-Shu'ara with Surat al-Qamar

This careful study may change Qur'an readers' strategy: rather than think of stories repeated in the Qur'an as merely the same basic narrative, with different elements or wordings, the reader may approach the variants as keys to an unfolding understanding of the theological points being taught.

Leyla Ozgur Alhassen is a Qur'anic studies scholar and the author of Qur'anic Stories: God, Revelation and the Audience. Her scholarship revolves around Qur'anic stories, style and interpretation in literature, performance, and art, across historical periods, languages, and disciplinary boundaries. She has a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.

• List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Why Repetition? 2. Chapter Two: Repetition in Structure: Parallels, Reversals and Triangles3. Chapter Three: Repetition in the Qur'anic Story of Musa4. Chapter Four: Repetition and the Portrayal of Time in the Story of Musa and Harun in the Qur'an5. Chapter Five: Echoing Phrases, Words and Actions in Qur'anic Stories: Exchange Encounters, Fasting, Feasting and Faith 6. Chapter Six: Repetition in Surat al-Shu'ara: Prophethood, Power and Inspiration7. Chapter Seven: Repetition in Sarat al-Qamar and a Comparison with Surat al-Shu'ara8. Conclusion: Connections, Narrative and Power9. AppendicesAppendix A: MusaAppendix B: Surat al-Shu'araAppendix C: Surat al-Qamar and Comparisons of Surat al-Shu'ara with Surat al-Qamar

This careful study may change Qur'an readers' strategy: rather than think of stories repeated in the Qur'an as merely the same basic narrative, with different elements or wordings, the reader may approach the variants as keys to an unfolding understanding of the theological points being taught.

Leyla Ozgur Alhassen is a Qur'anic studies scholar and the author of Qur'anic Stories: God, Revelation and the Audience. Her scholarship revolves around Qur'anic stories, style and interpretation in literature, performance, and art, across historical periods, languages, and disciplinary boundaries. She has a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.

• List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Why Repetition? 2. Chapter Two: Repetition in Structure: Parallels, Reversals and Triangles3. Chapter Three: Repetition in the Qur'anic Story of Musa4. Chapter Four: Repetition and the Portrayal of Time in the Story of Musa and Harun in the Qur'an5. Chapter Five: Echoing Phrases, Words and Actions in Qur'anic Stories: Exchange Encounters, Fasting, Feasting and Faith 6. Chapter Six: Repetition in Surat al-Shu'ara: Prophethood, Power and Inspiration7. Chapter Seven: Repetition in Sarat al-Qamar and a Comparison with Surat al-Shu'ara8. Conclusion: Connections, Narrative and Power9. AppendicesAppendix A: MusaAppendix B: Surat al-Shu'araAppendix C: Surat al-Qamar and Comparisons of Surat al-Shu'ara with Surat al-Qamar

This careful study may change Qur'an readers' strategy: rather than think of stories repeated in the Qur'an as merely the same basic narrative, with different elements or wordings, the reader may approach the variants as keys to an unfolding understanding of the theological points being taught.