The Qurʻan : formative interpretation / edited by Andrew Rippin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rippin, Andrew, 1950-2016.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Formation of the classical Islamic world ; v. 25.

Formation of the classical Islamic world ; v. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History.

Qurʼan.

History.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 385 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Brookfield, VT : Ashgate, 1999.

Contents:

1. The Beginnings of Qur'anic Exegesis / Claude Gilliot 1

2. The Early Development of Tafsir / Nabia Abbott 29

3. Old Muslim Opposition against Interpretation of the Koran / Harris Birkeland 41

4. From Midrash to Scripture: the Sacrifice of Abraham in Early Islamic Tradition / Norman Calder 81

5. Ibn 'Abbas's Al-Lughat fi'l-Qur'an / Andrew Rippin 109

6. Ibn 'Abbas's Gharib al-Qur'an / Andrew Rippin 120

7. Poetry Citation as Interpretive Illustration in Qur'an Exegesis: Masa'il Nafi' ibn al-Azraq / Issa J. Boullata 123

8. The Dogmatic Religious Stance of the Grammarian Yahya ibn Ziyad al-Farra' / Edmund Beck 137

9. The Treatment of Qira'at by the Second and Third Century Grammarians / Ramzi Baalbaki 159

10. Maturidi and his Kitab Ta'wilat al-Qur'an / Manfred Gotz 181

11. Religious Influences on Medieval Arabic Philology / Lothar Kopf 215

12. Majaz al-Qur'an: Periphrastic Exegesis / John Wansbrough 243

13. The Early Meaning of Majaz and the Nature of Abu 'Ubayda's Exegesis / Ella Almagor 263

14. Muhkamat and Mutashabihat (Koran 3/7): Implications of a Koranic Pair of Terms in Medieval Exegesis / Leah Kinberg 283

15. Some Remarks on the Qisas al-Anbiya' Works in Arabic Literature / Jan Pauliny 313

16. The Term "Khalifa" in Early Exegetical Literature / Wadad al-Qadi 327

17. "Those are the High-Flying Cranes" / John Burton 347.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [xxiii]-xxvii) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

086078701X

OCLC:

41388297