UID:
almahu_9949703601402882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004192393
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles v. 13
Content:
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.
Note:
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.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Narratives of Tampering in the Earliest Commentaries on the Qur'ān Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2011, ISBN 9789004192386
Language:
English
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