Publication Date:
2024-04-04
Description:
Reading the Qur’an in the Twenty-First Century considers the development of Qur’anic interpretation and highlights modern debates around new approaches to interpretation. It explores how Muslims from various theological, legal, socio-political and philosophical backgrounds think about the meaning and relevance of the Qur’an, and how their ideas apply in the contemporary world. The book: reflects on one of the most dominant approaches to interpretation in the pre-modern period, textualism, and the reaction to that in Muslim feminist readings of the Qur’an today covers issues such as identifying the hierarchical nature of Qur’anic values, the criteria for the use of hadith in interpretation, fluidity of meaning and ways of ensuring a degree of stability in interpretation examines key Qur'anic passages and compares pre-modern and modern interpretations to show the evolving nature of interpretation. Examples discussed include: the authority of men over women, the death of Jesus, shura and democracy, and riba and interest Abdullah Saeed provides a practical guide for interpretation and presents the principal ideas of a contextualist approach, which situates the original message of the Qur’an in its wider social, political, cultural, economic and intellectual context. He advocates a more flexible method of interpretation that gives due recognition to earlier interpretations of the Qur’an while also being aware of changing conditions and the need to approach the Qur’an afresh today. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
Keywords:
Tafsir
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Qur'an
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Jihad
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umma
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sharia
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Qur'an exegesis
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Abou El Fadl
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Shubbiha Lahum
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Ethico Legal Text
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Vice Versa
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Azizah Al Hibri73
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Seventh Century Ce
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Arabic
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Arabic Language
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Pre-modern Interpretation
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Pre-modern Commentators
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Muslim Scholars
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Abu Zayd
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Hadith Material
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Pre-modern Period
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Macro Context
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Contextualist Approach
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Contextualist Reading
;
Follow
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Early Seventh Century
;
Contextualist Interpretation
;
Abd Allah
;
Early Muslims
;
Ibn Kathir
;
Prophet's Mission
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thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies
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thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general
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thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRP Islam::QRPF Islam: sacred texts and revered writings::QRPF1 The Koran (Qur’an)
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thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRP Islam
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thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVG Theology
Language:
English
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