Gender and Muslim constructions of exegetical authority : a rereading of the classical genre of Qur'ān commentary /
A number of classical Sunnī Quran commentaries quote several different types of exegetical materials attributed to a few female figures from the first century A.H/seventh century C.E.-āthār, ḥadīths, legal opinions and variant readings, as well as lines of poetry. In Gender and Muslim Constructions...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
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Boston ; Leiden :
Brill,
[2015]
Series:
Islamic History and Civilization
117.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287464.
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Call Number: BP136.485 .G424 2015
| Summary: | A number of classical Sunnī Quran commentaries quote several different types of exegetical materials attributed to a few female figures from the first century A.H/seventh century C.E.-āthār, ḥadīths, legal opinions and variant readings, as well as lines of poetry. In Gender and Muslim Constructions of Exegetical Authority , Aisha Geissinger provides a comprehensive introduction to such quotations, and offers an analysis of their place and significance within the pre-modern genre of Quran commentary, demonstrating that key hermeneutical concepts in classical quranic exegesis ( tafsīr ) are gendered. Bringing together materials which have not previously been examined in detail and utilising gender as a lens through which to study them, this work provides a new approach to the study of pre-modern tafsīr . |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 319 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004294448 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |