Narratives of tampering in the earliest commentaries on the Qurʻan /

Narratives of tampering in the earliest commentaries on the Qurʻan /

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. Investiga...

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Main Author: Nickel, Gordon D.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: The History of Christian-Muslim Relations 13.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004223066.

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Koran > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History.
Koran > Criticism, Textual.

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Call Number: BP130.45 .N53 2011

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.