From Jesus to the Holy Prophet Mohammad Transmogrification and Deconstruction

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Assistant professor, Department of Language and Literature, Payame Noor University (PNU), P.O.Box 19395-4697, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

What happens when Holy texts are treated as literary ones. Characters, events, actions, dialogues etc. would become possibilities among enumerable possibilities and, as a result, everything becomes earthy. This is the first step in deconstruction which is an attempt to put in suspense the privileged hierarchy and meaning. In this article, the interpretive possibilities inherent in deconstructionist readings of the biblical text are considered. Heretofore, Jesus as the nodal point in Christianity having a privileged and transcendental meaning has been under attack coming from modernist and postmodernist thinkers. The same is true with the holly Prophet Mohammad who has been considered as a messenger bringing the exact words of God in the Holy Quran. Significantly, deconstructive attempts have been widely lunched to put in crisis the meaning, hierarchy and the discourse of the Holy Prophets. In this sense, the present study aims at analyzing and criticizing such deconstructive attempts.

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Article Title [العربیة]

التفكيكية والاستحالة بين المسيحية والإسلام

Author [العربیة]

  • سجاد قیطاسي
Abstract [العربیة]

ماذا يحدث عندما يتم التعامل مع النصوص المقدسة على أنها نصوص أدبية؟ الشخصيات، والأحداث، والأفعال، والحوارات، وما إلى ذلك، ستصبح احتمالات بين احتمالات لا حصر لها، ونتيجة لذلك، يصبح كل شيء مادیاً. هذه هي الخطوة الأولى في التفكيك، وهي محاولة لتعلیق المعنی والمدلول الغائي. تتناول هذه المقالة الإمكانيات التفسيرية الكامنة في القراءات التفكيكية لنص الكتاب المقدس. حتى الآن، قدتعرض المسیح عیسی باعتباره النقطة المحورية في المسيحية ذات المعنى المتميز والمتسامي، للهجوم من قبل مفكري الحداثة وما بعد الحداثة. وينطبق الشيء نفسه على النبي الكريم محمد الذي يعتبر رسولاً جاء بكلمات الله الدقيقة في القرآن الكريم. ومن الجدير بالملاحظة أن المحاولات التفكيكية قد بُذلت على نطاق واسع لوضع المعنى والتسلسل الهرمي وخطاب الأنبياء الکرام في أزمة. ومن هذا المنطلق، تهدف الدراسة الحالية إلى تحليل ونقد مثل هذه المحاولات التفكيكية.

Keywords [العربیة]

  • النبي محمد
  • النبي عیسی
  • التفکیکیة
  • مابعد الحداثة

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  • Receive Date: 03 May 2023
  • Revise Date: 15 June 2023
  • Accept Date: 03 July 2023

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