New Trends in Qur’anic Studies: Text, Context, and Interpretation
Synopsis
The essays in this volume discuss recent trends and issues in the scholarly study of the Qur’ān and its exegesis. The last few years have witnessed an unprecedented development in qur'anic studies in terms of both the number of volumes that have been produced and the wide range of issues covered. It is not an exaggeration to say that the field of qur'anic studies today has become the 'crown' of Islamic studies. In this book, scholars of diverse approaches critically engage with the Qur’ān and its exegesis, including questions about the milieu in which the Qur’ān emerged, the Qur’ān's relation to the biblical tradition, its chronology, textual integrity, and its literary features. In addition, this volume addresses recent scholarship on tafsīr (qur'anic exegesis), including thematic interpretation, diacronic and syncronic readings of the Qur’ān. Various approaches to understanding the Muslim scripture with or without tafsīr are also discussed.
Chapters
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Frontmatter
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IntroductionRecent Trends in Qur’anic Studies
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Reflections on the History and Evolution of Western Study of the Qur’ān, from ca. 1900 to the Present
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Indonesian Muslim Responses to Non-Muslim Approaches to Qur’anic Studies
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Semitic Rhetoric and the Qur’ān: The Scholarship of Michel Cuypers
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From Clerical to Scriptural Authority: The Qur’ān’s Dialogue with the Syriac New Testament
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A Qur’anic Theodicy: Moses in the Sūrat al-Kahf (Q 18)
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Contemporary Shiʿi Approaches to the History of the Text of the Qur’ān
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The Computer and the Qur’ān: An Analysis and Appraisal
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Reading the Qur’ān Contextually: Approaches and Challenges
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“Qur’anism” in Modern Qur’ān Interpretation
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Understanding Patriarchal Interpretations of Q 4:34 in the Light of Stanley Fish’s “Interpretive Communities”
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The Global Islamic Tradition and the Nation State in the Contemporary Muslim Exegesis of the Qur’ān
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Interpreting the Qur’ān between Shari‘ah and Changing Custom: On Women’s Dress in Indonesia
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The Hermeneutics of Legitimate Leadership: Qurṭubī’s Commentary on Q 2:30 (the Adam Verse)
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“Deviant” Qur’anic Interpretation in Indonesia: Reading Lia Eden’s Defense of the Claim to Prophethood
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Sufi Commentaries on the Qur’ān in Indonesia: The Poetry of Ḥamzah al-Fanṣūrī and Haji Hasan Mustapa
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Bibliography (included with each chapter)
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Index
