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Zusatztext Galadari brings a unique voice to Qur’anic exegesis. He combines a thorough knowledge of the Arabic language with a mastery of the cognate language of Hebrew, which leads him to make less obvious and yet dramatic connections that provide a key to novel interpretations of familiar texts. His controversial views are sure to inspire fruitful debate. Informationen zum Autor Abdulla Galadari is an Assistant Professor at Khalifa University of Science & Technology, United Arab Emirates. Vorwort Proposes a radical new way of interpreting the Qur'an, drawing on the multiple meanings that words found in both the Qur'an and the Bible may have. Zusammenfassung This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Qur'anic Hermeneutics argues for the importance of understanding the polysemous nature of the words in the Qur’an and outlines a new method of Qur’anic exegesis called intertextual polysemy. By interweaving science, history and religious studies, Abdulla Galadari introduces a linguistic approach which draws on neuropsychology. This book features examples of intertextual polysemy within the Qur’an, as well as between the Qur’an and the Bible. It provides examples that intimately engage with Christological concepts of the Gospels, in addition to examples of allegorical interpretation through inner-Qur’anic allusions. Galadari reveals how new creative insights are possible, and argues that the Qur’an did not come to denounce the Gospel–which is one of the stumbling blocks between Islam and Christianity–but only to interpret it in its own words. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Notes on Transliteration1 The Science of Revelation 2 Interpretation According to the Qur?an 3 Examples of Intertextual Polysemy from Qur?anic and Arabic Perspectives4 The Relationship between the Qur?an and the Bible5 In the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit6 Begotten of God7 The Incarnation and the Water of Life8 Allegorical Interpretation9 ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex...
