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This book provides a panoramic insight into the Qur'anic landscape fenced by innate syntactic, semantic and stylistic landmarks where context and meaning have closed ranks to impact morphological form in order to achieve variegated illocutionary forces. It gives an account of th…
The form criticism of the Qurʼan remains a desideratum. The present monograph fills this critical gap in Qurʼanic studies. Form criticism establishes a crucial link between life and literature by identifying formulae, examining forms, and determining settings. This carefully-cra…
The corpus coranicum eludes familiar categories and resists strict labels. No doubt the threads woven into the fabric are exceptionally textured, varied, and complex. Accordingly, the introductory chapter of this book demonstrates the application of form criticism to the text. C…
"The form criticism of the Qurʼan remains a desideratum. The present monograph fills this critical gap in Qurʼanic studies. Form criticism establishes a crucial link between life and literature by identifying formulae, examining forms, and determining settings. This carefully-cr…
How does the Qur'an depict the religious 'other'? Historically, this question has provoked extensive debate among Islamic scholars about the identity, nature, and status of the religious 'other.' Today, this debate assumes great importance because of the pervasive experience of …
Le Coran des historiens
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In this reading of Islamic legal hermeneutics, Robert Gleave explores various competing notions of literal meaning, linked to both theological doctrine and historical developments, together with insights from modern semantic and pragmatic philosophers. Literal meaning is what a …
The book deals with al-Zamakhsharī's al-Kashshāf within the framework of the Mu'tazilites' five principles.
The book deals with al-Zamakhsharī's al-Kashshāf within the framework of the Mu'tazilites' five principles.
"This book provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the various schools of Qur'anic exegesis, from the earliest periods through to the present day. Employing a comparative-contrastive methodology, the author examines traditional and rational schools of thought - such …
The Qur'ān, emphasizing ritual purity and the role of Jesus as giver of God's positive law, preserves aspects of an earlier Jesus movement that most Christian groups diluted or rejected. The Didascalia Apostolorum, a late ancient church order, records a significant number of the…
In The Qur'ān and Modern Arabic Literary Criticism, Mohammad Salama navigates the labyrinthine semantics that underlie this sacred text and inform contemporary scholarship. The book presents reflections on Qur'ānic exegesis by explaining--and distinguishing between--interpretati…
Tafsīr al-Tustarī
by Tustarī, Sahl ibn ʻAbd Allāh
fromGreat commentaries on the Holy Qur'an
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"Arab Christians and the Qurʼan from the origins of Islam to the medieval period is a collection of essays on the use and interpretation of the Qurʼan by Christians writing in Arabic in the period of Islamic rule in the Middle East up to the end of the thirteenth century. These …
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"Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are considered kindred religions--holding ancestral heritages and monotheistic belief in common--but there are definitive distinctions between these 'Abrahamic' peoples. Shared Stores, Rival Tellings explores the early exchanges of Jews, Christi…