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

• Autore: Nickel Gordon D
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 297.1; 297.1/22609021; 297.122609021
• Soggetto topico: Criticism, Textual
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Narratives of tampering in the earliest commentaries on the Qurʻan
• ISBN: 1-283-85214-4; 90-04-19239-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789913403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The History of Christian-Muslim Relations ; 13.