Qur'an Commentary and the Biblical Turn
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Qur'an Commentary and the Biblical Turn

A History of Muslim Exegetical Engagement with the Biblical Text

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Qur'an Commentary and the Biblical Turn

A History of Muslim Exegetical Engagement with the Biblical Text

About this book

The Qur'an and the Bible have been called "intertwined scriptures" due to the Qur'an's frequent invocation of biblical narratives and figures. But what is the history of Muslims' exegetical engagement with the biblical text? Through a comprehensive survey of more than 170 Qur'an commentaries, Samuel Ross traces the longitudinal history of the Bible in tafs?r. Offering detailed case studies and rich in historical context, Ross's narrative culminates in the remarkable late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century biblical turn. Global in scope, this development has not only generated new Muslim views of the Bible but even new interpretations of the Qur'an itself.

This monograph has been awarded the annual BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1 Introduction
  6. 2 The Big Picture: 1000 Years of Exegetical Engagement with the Biblical Text
  7. 3 Contextualizing the Pre-Modern Dearth of Biblical Citation in Tafsīr
  8. 4 A Major Pre-Modern Exception: Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUmar al-Biqāʿī
  9. 5 Contextualizing the Nineteenth-Century Biblical Turn
  10. 6 Typologies of the Biblical Turn
  11. 7 The New Authority of the Bible in Modern Tafsīr
  12. 8 The Impact of the Biblical Turn
  13. 9 Conclusion
  14. Index
  15. Index of Biblical Verses
  16. Index of Qur’anic Verses