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Zusatztext In this volume, a fascinating array of subject areas, including theology, mysticism, the linguistic sciences, literary criticism, law and translation, provides the thematic backdrop against which key aspects of classical exegetical discourses are gauged and contextualized. Informationen zum Autor Stephen R. Burge is Research Associate at Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. He is the author of Angels in Islam: Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's al-Haba'ik fi akhbar al-mala'ik (Routledge, 2012). Klappentext Whilst many scholars have recognised that words play an important part in interpretation, there are few studies of how exegetes actually approach these questions. This volume of essays addresses this gap in the scholarship, examining the different ways in which Muslim exegetes have handled words in the Qur'an. Zusammenfassung Whilst many scholars have recognised that words play an important part in interpretation, there are few studies of how exegetes actually approach these questions. This volume of essays addresses this gap in the scholarship, examining the different ways in which Muslim exegetes have handled words in the Qur'an. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Notes on Contributors Notes on Transliteration, Conventions, and Abbreviations Introduction 1: S. R. Burge: Words, Hemeneutics, and the Construction of Meaning Section I: Lexicology and the Formative Period of Qur'anic Exegesis 2: Kees Versteegh: In Search of Meaning: Lexical Explanation in Early Qur'anic Commentaries 3: Herbert Berg: Lexicological Hadith and the 'School' of Ibn 'Abb¿s 4: Christopher Melchert: The Interpretation of Three Qur'anic Terms (Siy¿¿a, ¿ikma and ¿idd¿q) of Special Interest to the Early Renunciants Section II: Lexical Methodologies in Action: Four Case Studies 5: Claude Gilliot: The Use of Lexicography in the Great Qur'anic commentary of al- W¿¿id¿ (d. 468/1076) 6: S. R. Burge: Authority and the Defence of Readings in Medieval Qur'anic Exegesis: Lexicology and the Case of Falaq (Q. 113:1) 7: Devin Stewart: Poetic Licence and the Qur'anic Names of Hell: The Treatment of Cognate Substitution in al-R¿ghib al-I¿fah¿n¿'s Qur'anic Lexicon 8: Toby Mayer: Paradoxes in Shahrast¿n¿'s Lexicological Methodology Section III: Words, Interpretation, and Legal Disputes 9: Agostino Cilardo: From Qur'an to Fiqh: Sunni and Shi'i Tafs¿r on the Inheritance Verses and the 'Named' Cases (al-Mas¿'il al-Mulaqqaba) 10: Ayesha S. Chaudhry: Marital Discord in Qur'anic Exegesis: A Lexical Analysis of Husbandly and Wifely Nush¿z in Q. 4:34 and Q. 4:128 11: M. Brett Wilson: The Optional Ramadan Fast: Debating Q. 2:184 in the Early Turkish Republic Section IV: The Word in Translation: Medieval and Modern Disputes 12: Travis Zadeh: The Persian F¿ti¿a of Salm¿n al-F¿ris¿ and the Modern Controversy over Translating the Qur'an 13: Stefan Wild: The Qur'an Today: Translating the Translatable Bibliography Index of Qur'anic Citations General Index ...
