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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461635103321

Autore

Nickel Gordon D

Titolo

Narratives of tampering in the earliest commentaries on the Qurʻan [[electronic resource] /] / by Gordon Nickel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-85214-4

90-04-19239-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Collana

History of Christian-Muslim relations ; ; v. 13

Disciplina

297.1

297.1/22609021

297.122609021

Soggetti

Criticism, Textual

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Chapter One Islamic Accusations of Falsification in Scholarly Perspective -- Chapter Two The Doctrine of Corruption as a Polemical Theme -- Chapter Three Qurʾānic References to the Earlier Scriptures -- Chapter Four Muqātil Ibn Sulaymān on the Qurʾānic Verses of Tampering -- Chapter Five Ṭabarī on the Qurʾānic Verses of Tampering -- Chapter Six Method and Meaning in Interpretation of the Qurʾān -- Chapter Seven Influence of Narrative Framework on Exegesis -- Chapter Eight Conclusion: Religious Claims and Human Response -- Bibliography -- Index of Qur’ānic References -- Index of Proper Names, Authors and Terms.

Sommario/riassunto

The Muslim accusation of the corruption or deliberate falsification of pre-Qur'ānic scriptures has been a major component of interfaith polemic for a millenium or more. The accusation has frequently sought attestation from a series of \'tampering\' verses in the Qur'ān. Investigation of the interpretation of these verses in the earliest commentaries on the Qur'ān, however, reveals a discrepancy between the confident polemical accusation and the tentative understandings of the first Muslims. Of greater interest to early commentators was a story of deception and obstinacy by the \'People of the Book\' in response to



the truth claims of Islam. Focusing on the eighth-century commentary of Muqātil ibn Sulaymān and the great exegetical compendium of al-Ṭabarī (d. 923), this book sketches the outlines of the earliest Muslim approach to pre-Qur'ānic scriptures. The resulting discoveries provide a rare opportunity to peek behind the curtain of doctrinaire claim and polemical debate.