The Formation of the Classical Tafsīr Tradition : The Qurʾān Commentary of al-Thaʿlabī (d. 427/1035) /

This work is both an introduction to the genre of classical tafsīr and a detailed study of one of its major architects, al-Thaʿlabī (d. 427/1035). The book offers a detailed study of the hermeneutical principles that governed al-Thaʿlabī's approach to the Qurʾān, principles which became the nor...

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Main Author: Saleh, Walid (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2004.

Series: Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān ; 1.

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Call Number: BP130.45

Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Acknowledgments /
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  • Introduction Quranic Exegesis in History and Scholarship /
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  • Chapter One The Life of al-Tha'labī /
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  • Chapter Two Al-Tha'labī and Mysticism /
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  • Chapter Three Al-Tha'labī's Qur'ān Commentary: Sources and Structure /
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  • Chapter Four Al-Tha'labī's Theoretical Hermeneutical Approach /
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  • Chapter Five From Theory to Practice: Themes and Foci /
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  • Chapter Six From Theory to Practice: Tendencies and Trajectories /
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  • Chapter Seven The Reception of al-Tha'labī's Commentary /
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  • Conclusion /
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  • Postscript /
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  • Back Matter
  • Appendix One Manuscripts /
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  • Appendix Two Teachers of al-Tha'labī /
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  • Appendix Three List of Non-extant Sources Used in al-Kashf /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • General Index /
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  • Index of Qur'ān Citations /
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