ABSTRACT
In recent years, the study of the Qur'an and its interpretation has expanded to incorporate insights gained from historical, biblical, literary and critical studies. A variety of approaches to the Qur'an and the Muslim exegetical tradition are currently available. Approaches to the Qur'an consists of thirteen essays by leading scholars, both Muslim and non-Muslim, in the fields of qur'anic studies and Islamic studies. Taken together, they offer a sample of the aims, methods and topics of enquiry now being pursued. Each study has a full critical apparatus, and the book includes a consolidated bibliography which will be of great value to students and specialists.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |98 pages
Aspects of the style and content of the Qur'ān
chapter |28 pages
Context and internal relationships: keys to quranic exegesis
part |148 pages
Aspects of the traditional and modern exegesis of the Qur'ān
chapter |40 pages
Tafsīr from Ṭabarī to Ibn Kathīr
chapter |22 pages
Muḥammad ‘Izzat Darwaza's principles of modern exegesis
part |67 pages
The Qur'ān and its exegesis in a wider context