By Mun’im Sirry
The essays in this volume discuss recent trends and issues in the scholarly study of the Qur’ān and its exegesis. The last few years have witnessed an unprecedented development in qur'anic studies in terms of both the number of volumes that have been produced and the wide range of issues covered. It is not an exaggeration to say that the field of qur'anic studies today has become the 'crown' of Islamic studies. In this book, scholars of diverse approaches critically engage with the Qur’ān and its exegesis, including questions about the milieu in which the Qur’ān emerged, the Qur’ān's relation to the biblical tradition, its chronology, textual integrity, and its literary features. In addition, this volume addresses recent scholarship on tafsīr (qur'anic exegesis), including thematic interpretation, diacronic and syncronic readings of the Qur’ān. Various approaches to understanding the Muslim scripture with or without tafsīr are also discussed.
New Trends in Qur’ānic Studies: Text, Context, and Interpretation
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IQSA vol. 2
6 x 9 inches
xviii + 312 pages
ISBN 978-1-948488-18-1 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-948488-19-8 (PDF)
June 2019
Table of Contents
Introduction: Recent Trends in Qur’anic Studies Mun’im Sirry
Part 1: Trends and Issues in Qur’anic Studies
Reflections on the History and Evolution of Western Study of the Qur’ān, from ca. 1900 to the Present Fred M. Donner
Indonesian Muslim Responses to Non-Muslim Approaches to Qur’anic Studies Yusuf Rahman
Semitic Rhetoric and the Qur’ān: The Scholarship of Michel Cuypers Adnane Mokrani
From Clerical to Scriptural Authority: The Qur’ān’s Dialogue with the Syriac New Testament Emran El-Badawi
A Qur’anic Theodicy: Moses in the Sūrat al-Kahf (Q 18) David Penchansky
Contemporary Shi‘i Approaches to the History of the Text of the Qur’ān Seyfeddin Kara
The Computer and the Qur’ān: An Analysis and Appraisal Adam Flowers
Part 2: Trends and Issues in Tafsīr Studies
Reading the Qur’ān Contextually: Approaches and Challenges Abdullah Saeed
“Qur’anism” in Modern Qur’ān Interpretation Izza Rohman
Understanding Patriarchal Interpretations of Q 4:34 in the Light of Stanley Fish’s “Interpretive Communities” Adis Duderija
The Global Islamic Tradition and the Nation State in the Contemporary Muslim Exegesis of the Qur’ān Johanna Pink
Interpreting the Qur’ān between Shari‘ah and Changing Custom: On Women’s Dress in Indonesia Munirul Ikhwan
The Hermeneutics of Legitimate Leadership: Qurṭubī’s Commentary on Q 2:30 (the Adam Verse) Han Hsien Liew
“Deviant” Qur’anic Interpretation in Indonesia: Reading Lia Eden’s Defense of the Claim to Prophethood Al Makin
Sufi Commentaries on the Qur’ān in Indonesia: The Poetry of Ḥamzah al-Fanṣūrī and Haji Hasan Mustapa Jajang A. Rohmana
Bibliography
Subject Index