Gender and Muslim Constructions of Exegetical Authority

A Rereading of the Classical Genre of Qurʾān Commentary
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-26935-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 117, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

A number of classical Sunni 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.—athar, hadiths, 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 (tafsir) 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 tafsir.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Geissinger, Aisha

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Koran, Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamische Gruppen: Sunniten, Alsalaf

Über Autor(innen)

Aisha Geissinger, Ph.D. (2008) in Religious Studies, University of Toronto, is an Assistant Professor at Carleton University (Canada). Geissinger’s research is located at the intersection of the study of the Qur'an and its exegesis, the Hadith literature, and gender.