Summary
Karen Bauer and Feras Hamza’s co-written book An Anthology of 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic Commentaries (vol. 2): On Women (Oxford UP, 2022) is a collection of historical and contemporary commentaries on the 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍Muslims believe that the Holy 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍 contains divine revelations to the Prophet Muhammed received in Mecca and Medina over a period of 23 years in the early 7th century CE. More. It covers five issues: human creation and the idea of 鈥渁 single soul鈥; marital roles, specifically 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic verse 4:34 and women鈥檚 status in a marriage; Mary, mother of Jesus; women鈥檚 legal testimony; and 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic ideas of modesty, specifically of veiling. A chapter is devoted to each of these topics, comprising classical, medieval, modern, and contemporary interpretations of these verses. All chapters include various Muslim perspectives, such as Sunni, Twelver Shia, Ismaili, Ibadi, and Sufi; with the exception of the chapter on Mary, each chapter also includes interviews with contemporary scholars, namely amina wadud, Sa鈥檇iyya Shaikh, Fariba Alasvand, Yusuf Saanei, and Nasser Ghorbannia.
