Narratives of Tampering in the Earliest Commentaries on the Qur'ān

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-19238-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 583 g

Reihe: The History of Christian-Muslim Relations

The Muslim accusation of the corruption or deliberate falsification of pre-Qur'anic 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'an. Investigation of the interpretation of these verses in the earliest commentaries on the Qur'an, however, reveals a discrepancy between the confident polemical accusation and the tentative understandings of the first Muslims. Of greater interest to early commentators was a story of deception and obstinacy by the "People of the Book" in response to the truth claims of Islam. Focusing on the eighth-century commentary of Muqatil ibn Sulayman and the great exegetical compendium of al- abari (d. 923), this book sketches the outlines of the earliest Muslim approach to pre-Qur'anic scriptures. The resulting discoveries provide a rare opportunity to peek behind the curtain of doctrinaire claim and polemical debate."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nickel, Gordon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Koran, Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Gordon D. Nickel, Ph.D. (2004) in Islamic Studies, University of Calgary, teaches as sessional instructor in Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia. His articles on the Qur'an and its commentaries have appeared in a variety of scholarly publications.