Routledge Studies in the Qur'an

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1. The Qur'an and its Biblical Subtext

   By Gabriel Said Reynolds

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Qur'an

   This book challenges the dominant scholarly notion that the Qur’an must be interpreted through the medieval commentaries shaped by the biography of the prophet Muhammad, arguing instead that the text is best read in light of Christian and Jewish scripture. The Qur’an, in its use of allusions,...

   Published February 29th 2012 by Routledge
2. New Perspectives on the Qur'an

   The Qur'an in its Historical Context 2

   Edited by Gabriel Reynolds

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Qur'an

   This book continues the work of The Qur’an in its Historical Context, in which an international group of scholars address an expanded range of topics on the Qur’an and its origins, looking beyond medieval Islamic traditions to present the Qur’an’s own conversation with the religions and literatures...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
3. Qur'anic Hermeneutics

   Al-Tabrisi and the Craft of Commentary

   By Bruce Fudge

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Qur'an

   The work of the twelfth-century Shi’ite scholar al-Tabrisi, Majma’ al-bayan, is one of the most important works of medieval commentary on the Qur’an, and is still in use today. This work is an in-depth case study of Islamic exegetical methods and an exploration of the nature of scriptural...

   Published February 27th 2011 by Routledge
4. Moses in the Qur'an and Islamic Exegesis

   By Brannon M. Wheeler

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Qur'an

   Relating the Muslim understanding of Moses in the Qur'an to the Epic of Gilgamesh, Alexander Romances, Aramaic Targums, Rabbinic Bible exegesis, and folklore from the ancient and medieval Mediterranean, this book shows how Muslim scholars authorize and identify themselves through allusions to the...

   Published December 20th 2009 by Routledge
5. The Development of Exegesis in Early Islam

   The Authenticity of Muslim Literature from the Formative Period

   By Herbert Berg

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Qur'an

   The most important debate in Islamic origins is that of the reliability of the lists of transmitters (isnads) that are said to guarantee the authenticity of the materials to which they are attached. Many scholars have come to the conclusion that most traditions (hadiths), which claim to preserve...

   Published December 16th 2009 by Routledge
6. Biblical Prophets in the Qur'an and Muslim Literature

   By Roberto Tottoli

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Qur'an

   Part 1 is a comprehensive study of the Qur'anic data about each prophet, with a full portrait of every figure and dealing also with all the major scholarly literature on the subject and with the Qur'anic concept of prophetology. Part 2 is a history and study of the general Muslim literature dealing...

   Published July 23rd 2009 by Routledge
7. Interpreting al-Tha'labi's Tales of the Prophets

   Temptation, Responsibility and Loss

   By Marianna Klar

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Qur'an

   Al-Tha’labi was a renowned Qur’anic scholar of the fifth/eleventh century, and his ‘Ara’is al-majalis is arguably the finest and most widely consulted example of the Islamic qisas al-anbiya’ genre. Drawing on primary Arabic sources, Klar applies modern critical methods in order to explore the...

   Published July 16th 2009 by Routledge
8. Literary Structures of Religious Meaning in the Qu'ran

   By Issa J Boullata

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Qur'an

   This volume studies how the literary elements in the Qur'an function in conveying its religious message effectively. It is divided into three parts. Part one includes studies of the whole Qur'an or large segments of it belonging to one historical period of its revelation; these studies concentrate...

   Published June 7th 2009 by Routledge
9. Logic, Rhetoric and Legal Reasoning in the Qur'an

   God's Arguments

   By Rosalind Ward Gwynne

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Qur'an

   Muslims have always used verses from the Qur'an to support opinions on law, theology, or life in general, but almost no attention has been paid to how the Qur'an presents its own precepts as conclusions proceeding from reasoned arguments. Whether it is a question of God's powers of creation, the...

   Published June 7th 2009 by Routledge
10. Textual Relations in the Qur'an

    Relevance, Coherence and Structure

    By Salwa M. El-Awa

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Qur'an

    Representing a new development in the study of Qur'anic text, this book tackles the issue of Qur'anic text structure by fusing the fields of linguistics and Qur'anic studies. The Qur'an contains many long suras covering diverse topics but with no apparent common context within which such variety...

    Published June 7th 2009 by Routledge