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Author:   G. R. Hawting
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780415057554

ISBN 10:   0415057558
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   08 April 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I Aspects of the style and content of the Qur’?n; Chapter 1 Images and metaphors in the introductory sections of the Makkan s?ras, Angelika Neuwirth; Chapter 2 The Quranic presentation of the Joseph story, A. H. Johns; Chapter 3 Context and internal relationships: keys to quranic exegesis, M.A.S. Abdel Haleem; Part II Aspects of the traditional and modern exegesis of the Qur’?n; Chapter 4 Tafs?r from ?abar? to Ibn Kath?r, Norman Calder; Chapter 5 Exegesis and ?ad?th, Uri Rubin; Chapter 6 An analytical survey of al-?abar?’s exegesis of the cultural symbolic construct of fitna, Abdulkader Tayob; Chapter 7 Akhb?r? Sh?‘? approaches to tafs?r, B. Todd Lawson; Chapter 8 The s?ra as a unity, Mustansir Mir; Chapter 9 Mu?ammad ‘Izzat Darwaza’s principles of modern exegesis, Ismail K. Poonawala; Part III The Qur’?n and its exegesis in a wider context; Chapter 10 Interpreting the Bible through the Qur’?n, Andrew Rippin; Chapter 11 Two citations of the Qur’?n in ‘historical’ sources for early Islam, G. R. Hawting; Chapter 12 Law and exegesis, John Burton; Chapter 13 The impact of the Qur’?n on the epistolography of ‘Abd al-?am?d, Wad?d al-Q???;

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`Due to the high scholarly standard and the well-balanced selection of contributions, this book can be warmly recommended to all interested in the exegesis of the Qur'an.' - Hikki Palva, Acta Orientalia

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G. R. Hawting is Senior Lecturer in the History of the Middle East and Head of the Department of Religious Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London., Abdul-Kader A. Shareef is a Professor at the University of Dar-es-Salaam and Ambassador of the Republic of Tanzania in Riyadh.

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