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Autore |
Geissinger Aisha |
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Gender and Muslim constructions of exegetical authority : a rereading of the classical genre of Qur'an commentary / / by Aisha Geissinger |
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Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (331 pages) |
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Islamic History and Civilization, , 0929-2403 ; ; Volume 117 |
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Soggetti |
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Women transmitters of the Hadith |
Hadith - Authorities |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction: The Classical Genre of Quran Commentary, Exegetical Authority, and Gender -- 1 Constructions of Gender in Pre-modern Quran Commentaries -- 2 From Unwitting Source to Quran Commentator: Gender and Early Transhistorical Exegetical Communities -- 3 Negotiating Interpretive Authority in Second/Eighth and Early Third/Ninth Century Exegesis: Shifting Historical Contexts -- 4 Ḥadīth, Hermeneutics and Gender in the Third/Ninth and Fourth/Tenth Centuries -- 5 Constructing the Abode of the Mothers of the Believers: Gendered Exegetical Gazes -- 6 (Re)constructions of the Sacred Past, Gender, and Exegesis: Some Medieval Trajectories -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Quranic References -- General Index. |
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A number of classical Sunnī Quran commentaries quote several different types of exegetical materials attributed to a few female figures from the first century A.H/seventh century C.E.—āthār, ḥadīths, legal opinions and variant readings, as well as lines of poetry. In Gender and Muslim Constructions of Exegetical Authority , Aisha Geissinger provides a comprehensive introduction to such quotations, and offers an analysis of their place and significance within the pre-modern genre of Quran commentary, demonstrating that key hermeneutical concepts in classical quranic exegesis ( tafsīr ) are gendered. Bringing together materials which have not previously been examined in detail and |
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utilising gender as a lens through which to study them, this work provides a new approach to the study of pre-modern tafsīr . |
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