久久久福利国产 is pleased to announce the publication of聽Tafsir and Islamic Intellectual History: Exploring the Boundaries of a Genre, edited by聽Andreas G枚rke听补苍诲听Johanna Pink. This volume presents analyses of 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic exegesis as carried out across various milieus, the fifteen chapters coalescing around a central theme of understanding the genre of聽tafsir聽within the context of wider Muslim scholarship.
The chapters in this volume explore聽tafsir聽from its formative stage to contemporary times, taking in diverse geographical regions such as Iran, Yemen, Turkey and West Africa, and examining media often overlooked, such as oral and lay exegesis. In doing so, they provide new perspectives on how the boundaries of the聽tafsir聽genre may be demarcated, transformed and permeated. The volume thus makes an argument for 鈥 and provides analytical tools to deal with 鈥 the necessity of understanding聽tafsir聽within its wider environment.
Tafsir and Islamic Intellectual History illustrates ways in which exegetes 鈥 who were often also experts in other areas such as hadith, law or theology 鈥 bring their learning in one field to bear on another, and in what ways they distinguish between materials of relevance to the task at hand. Other chapters ask how political and theological agendas influence works of聽tafsir. Yet, these also show that assumptions on this point cannot be made; while political or theological background may shape a聽tafsir聽work to a great or lesser extent, a range of contexts needs to be taken into account for a closer and more nuanced understanding.
The volume contains chapters by leading scholars as well as young researchers in the field of 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic exegesis: Abdessamad Belhaj, Andrea Brigaglia, Catherine Bronson, Claude Gilliot, Kathrin Eith, Andreas G枚rke, Nejmeddine Khalfallah, Kathrin Klausing, Johanna Pink, Andrew Rippin, Ignacio S谩nchez, Rebecca Sauer, Nicolai Sinai, Roberto Tottoli and Neguin Yavari. Providing wide-ranging insights and an analytical framework for approaching聽tafsir, the volume聽Tafsir and Islamic Intellectual History聽will greatly benefit advanced students and scholars in the fields of聽tafsir聽studies specifically and 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic studies, Islamic Intellectual History and religious scholars more generally.
Commenting on this volume, Dr Walid Saleh, Distinguished Professor for Islamic Studies, University of Toronto, said:
鈥淭his edited volume promises to become a reference work the moment it is published. The scope of the collection is simply outstanding and the selection of articles covers essential aspects of聽tafsir聽that are usually neglected . . . The scholarship is of the highest standard, and the breadth is unprecedented in publications of its kind.鈥
Another scholar, Dr Brannon Wheeler, Professor of History, United States Naval Academy, remarked:
鈥淭his research is not available elsewhere and provides insights into areas of聽蚕耻谤鈥檃苍聽commentary that are integral to Islamic Studies and to the continued research into the聽蚕耻谤鈥檃苍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.聽 鈥 The contributions are strong, of relevance to the field, and provide intellectually stimulating arguments.鈥
