How and when did 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic exegesis (迟补蹿蝉墨谤) emerge as a literary genre of its own? To what extent was it influenced by other disciplines, such as law, theology or philosophy? How did different political or theological agendas shape works of 迟补蹿蝉墨谤, and in what ways did the genre develop over time and in different regions? These are some of the major questions which this book seeks to address.
This book constitutes the first comprehensive attempt at describing the genre of 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic exegesis in its broader intellectual context. Its aim is to provide a framework for understanding the boundaries of 迟补蹿蝉墨谤 and its interaction with other disciplines of learning, as well as the subgenres and internal divisions within the genre. It discusses the emergence of the genre in the beginnings of Islamic history and the changes and potential ruptures it has experienced in later times, the role of hadith, law, language, philosophy, theology and political ideology for the interpretive process, the regional dimension, the influx of modernist ideas and the process of writing 迟补蹿蝉墨谤 in languages other than Arabic.
Among the fifteen authors who have contributed to the volume are leading scholars in the field as well as young researchers, which makes for a unique and fresh perspective on a field that has long been reduced to its instrumental value for understanding 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. Covering the time from the formation of 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic exegesis until the present, it is a valuable resource for advanced students and scholars in the field.
Note on Contributors
Note on Transliteration, Conventions and Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction, Johanna Pink and Andreas G枚rke
I. The Formation of Boundaries: Early Evolution of the Genre
1. Eve in the Formative Period of Islamic Exegesis: Intertextual Boundaries and Hermeneutic Demarcations, Catherine Bronson
2. Muj膩hid鈥檚 Exegesis: Beginnings, Ways of Transmission and Development of a Meccan Exegetical Tradition in its Human, Spiritual and Theological Environment, Claude Gilliot
3. The 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic Commentary of Muq膩til b. Sulaym膩n and the Evolution of Early 罢补蹿蝉墨谤 Literature, Nicolai Sinai
II. Disciplinary Boundaries and their Permeation: The Place of 罢补蹿蝉墨谤 in Islamic Scholarship
4. Interrelations and Boundaries between 罢补蹿蝉墨谤 and Hadith Literature: The Exegesis of M膩lik b. Anas鈥 惭耻飞补峁弓补示 and Classical 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic Commentaries, Roberto Tottoli
5. 厂丑腻蹿颈士墨Followers of one of the legal schools of Islam founded by Ab奴 士Abd All膩h Mu岣mmad al-厂丑腻蹿颈士墨 (d. 974 CE). Hermeneutics and 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic Interpretation in al-J膩岣岷撯檚 Kit膩b al-士Uthm膩niyya, Ignacio S谩nchez
6. 罢补蹿蝉墨谤 between Law and Exegesis: The Case of Q. 49:9 (the Rebellion Verse/膩yat al-baghy), Rebecca Sauer
III. Boundaries of Dogma and Theology: The Expression of Ideas through 罢补蹿蝉墨谤
7. al-Jurj膩n墨: 罢补蹿蝉墨谤 Theory between Linguistics and Theological Dogma, Nejmeddine Khalfallah
8. Interpretation and Reasoning in al-Q膩岣嵞 士Abd al-Jabb膩r鈥檚 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic Hermeneutics, Abdessamad Belhaj
9. 罢补蹿蝉墨谤 and The Mythology of Islamic Fundamentalism, Neguin Yavari
IV. Reassessing Conventional Boundaries: Chronology, Geography, Media and Authorship
10. Where Does Modernity Begin? Mu岣mmad al-Shawk膩n墨 and the Tradition of 罢补蹿蝉墨谤, Johanna Pink
11. Redefining the Borders of 罢补蹿蝉墨谤: Oral Exegesis, Lay Exegesis and Regional Particularities, Andreas G枚rke
12. 罢补蹿蝉墨谤 and the Intellectual History of Islam in West Africa, Andrea Brigagli
V. An Expansion of Boundaries: The 罢补蹿蝉墨谤 Tradition in Modern Times
13. Two Twentieth-century Exegetes between Traditional Scholarship and Modern Thought: Gender Concepts in the 罢补蹿蝉墨谤s of Mu岣mmad 岣sayn 峁琣b膩峁璦b膩示墨 and al-峁乭ir b. 士膧sh奴r, Kathrin Klausing
14. Ya艧ar Nuri 脰zt眉rk: A Contemporary Turkish 罢补蹿蝉墨谤 Theorist, Kathrin Eith
15. The Contemporary Translation of Classical Works Of 罢补蹿蝉墨谤, Andrew Rippin
Bibliography
Index of 蚕耻谤鈥檃苍ic Citations
General Index
[T]his edited volume is very valuable. … it contains important contributions of a high standard that pave the way for future research in the field. Moreover, it poses the right questions on the nature of the genre and the analytical tools needed to study it.
鈥 Pieter Coppens, Journal of Qur’anic Studies
Andreas G枚rke is Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He earned his PhD from the University of Hamburg in 2001 and his Habilitation from the University of Basel in 2010. His publications include the monographs Das Kit膩b al-Amw膩l des Ab奴 士Ubaid al-Q膩sim b. Sall膩m, Entstehung und 脺berlieferung eines fru虉hislamischen Rechtswerkes (Princeton, 2003) and, co-authored with Gregor Schoeler, Die 盲ltesten Berichte u虉ber das Leben Mu岣mmads: Das Korpus 士Urwa ibn az-Zubair (Princeton, 2008).
Johanna Pink is Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Freiburg, Germany. She obtained her doctorate from the University of Bonn in 2002. Her publications include the monograph Sunnitischer Tafsir in der modernen islamischen Welt: Akademische Traditionen, Popularisierung und nationalstaatliche Interessen (Leiden, 2011).