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Tafsīr and Islamic Intellectual History. Exploring the Boundaries of a Genre / Ed. by A.Görke and J.Pink. Oxford University Press in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 2014.
How and when did Quranic exegesis (tafsīr) 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 tafsīr, and in what ways did the genre
develop over time and in different regions? These are some of the major
questions which this volume seeks to address.
This volume constitutes the first comprehensive attempt at describing
the genre of Quranic exegesis in its broader intellectual context. Its aim
is to provide a framework for understanding the boundaries of tafsīr
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 tafsīr 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 Qur’an. Covering the
time from the formation of Quranic exegesis until the present, it is a
valuable resource for advanced students and scholars in the field. PDF-files
Annotation, Contents, Notes on Contributors, Acknowledgements
Keywords
Islamic literature
Tafsīr
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