Overview
In this text, the author examines the origins of Arabic linguistics on the basis of the earliest Qur'anic commentaries (1st half of the 8th century AD). The material used includes both edited texts and manuscript commentaries. Various chapters analyze the exegetical methods of the early commentators, such as Muqatil and Muhammad al-Kalbi, and their use of grammatical terminology. These data are compared to the earliest grammatical treatises, such as Sibawayhi and Farra. The material presented here constitutes an important source of evidence for the development of linguistic thinking in Islam and the origin of the grammatical schools of Basra and Kufa.
Full Product Details
Author: C.H.M. Versteegh
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 19
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.503kg
ISBN: 9789004098459
ISBN 10: 9004098453
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 01 July 1993
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
' ...interessa a la fois les specialistes de l'exegese coranique et les historiens de la grammaire arabe. ' C. Gilliot, Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et Theologiques , 1994. ' ...nous considerons que son etude est une contribution interessante et originale a l'histoire de l'exegese et de la grammaire et qu'elle peut etre le point de depart d'autres recherches ' C. G., Mideo, 22 . ' La collecte est assez limitee, mais on peut etre assure qu'elle est definitive. A ce resultat important s'ajoutent des conclusions secondaires particulierement fecondes. ...[une] etude exemplaire. ' Genevieve Humbert, Studia Islamica , 1995. ' ...a fresh dimension...thanks to the newly discovered early Qur' nic commentaries he introduces and analyzes so meticulously. ' Raphael Talmon, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam , 1996. ' The significance of Versteegh's book lies in throwing light on, and interpreting credibly, some of the data that will have to be reckoned with in any examination of the relationship between two major fields of study in the formative era of Islam. ' Mustansir Mir, Muslim World Book Review , 1998.
'.. .intiressa la fois les spicialistes de l'exeghse coranique et les historiens de la grammaire arabe.'<br>C. Gilliot, Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et Theologiques, 1994.<br>'.. .nous considirons que son itude est une contribution intiressante et originale l'histoire de l'exighse et de la grammaire et qu'elle peut jtre le point de dipart d'autres recherches'<br>C. G., Mideo, 22.<br>' La collecte est assez limitie, mais on peut jtre assuri qu'elle est difinitive. A ce risultat important s'ajoutent des conclusions secondaires particulihrement ficondes. ...[une] itude exemplaire.'<br>Genevihve Humbert, Studia Islamica, 1995.<br>'.. .a fresh dimension...thanks to the newly discovered early Qur'?nic commentaries he introduces and analyzes so meticulously.'<br>Raphael Talmon, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, 1996.<br>' The significance of Versteegh's book lies in throwing light on, and interpreting credibly, some of the data that will have to be reckoned with in any examination of the relationship between two major fields of study in the formative era of Islam.'<br>Mustansir Mir, Muslim World Book Review, 1998.<br>
Author Information
Kees Versteegh, Ph.D. (1977), is currently Professor of Arabic and Islam at the University of Nijmegen. His publications deal with the Arabic grammatical tradition and the history of Arabic dialects.
