Contemporary Muslim Qurʾānic Hermeneutics : Translations and Perspectives /

This book brings together leading Muslim thinkers-from Egypt to Tunisia, Morocco, Iran, Turkey, to Indonesia-offering bold, diverse perspectives on how to interpret the Qurʾān in a changing world. From gender justice and interfaith relations to critiques of tradition and modernity, these essays tack...

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Other Authors: Saeed, Abdullah (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Series: Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān ; 26.

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Call Number: BP163

Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Contemporary Approaches to the Qurʾān: Context and Interpretation
  • by Abdullah Saeed
  • Chapter 2: Do We Have a Theory of Exegesis?
  • by Ḥasan Ḥanafī
  • Chapter 3: The Qurʾān-The World as a Sign
  • by Naṣr Ḥāmid Abū Zayd
  • Chapter 4: Prophetic Reading of the World
  • by Muḥammad Mujtahed Shabestarī
  • Chapter 5: How Contextual are the Qurʾān and I?
  • by Mehmet Paçacı
  • Chapter 6: Contextuality of Qurʾānic Discourse and Objective Meaning of Historical Discourse
  • by Ömer Özsoy
  • Chapter 7: A Perspective on Hermeneutics
  • by M. Quraish Shihab
  • Chapter 8: Modernist Reading of the Qurʾān and Connected Creativity
  • by Ṭāhā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān
  • Chapter 9: Indonesian Muslim Responses to Use of Hermeneutics in Studying the Qurʾān and Tafsīr : A Critical Assessment
  • by Yusuf Rahman
  • Chapter 10: Family Affairs and Exegetical Disagreements-Inheritance
  • by Nāʾila al-Sillīnī al-Raḍwī
  • Chapter 11: Reconsideration of Meaning of Qiṣāṣ
  • by Sedigheh Vasmaghi
  • Chapter 12: Interfaith Marriage-A Model for Women's Tafsīr
  • by Siti Musdah Mulia
  • Chapter 13: Understanding the Qurʾān's Criticisms of Other Religions
  • by Mun'im Sirry.