1st Edition
Female Personalities in the Qur'an and Sunna Examining the Major Sources of Imami Shi'i Islam
By Rawand Osman
Copyright 2015
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book investigates the manner in which the Qur’an and sunna depict female personalities in their narrative literature. Providing a comprehensive study of all the female personalities mentioned in the Qur’an, the book is selective in the personalities of the sunna, examining the three prominent women of ahl al-bayt ; Khadija, Fatima, and Zaynab. Analysing the major sources of Imami... Read more
Introduction 1 Eve: Woman in Creation 2 Female Personalities in the Qur’an 3 Female Personalities in the Sunna 4 Female Personality in the Hadith
Biography
Dr Rawand Osman is a researcher in classical Arabic at the University of St. Andrews. She received a BA in History from the American University of Beirut (2003), and an MA and PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Edinburgh (2005) and the University of Birmingham (2011), respectively. Her research interests include textual analysis of Islamic scripture with emphasis on Shi‘i sources, women’s history, and feminist theology and hermeneutics.
"Osman’s work is a significant addition to the growing body of literature on the representation of women in the QurÞan, sunna, and exegetical literature. Its main contribution lies in its focus on ShiÝi exegesis and on the legacies of KhadÐjah, FÁÔimah, and Zaynab in ShiÝi communal memory."
Asma Sayeed, University of California, Los Angeles
