Qur’an Commentary and the Biblical Turn : : A History of Muslim Exegetical Engagement with the Biblical Text / / Samuel Ross.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2024 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Ross, Samuel,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Language: English
• Series: Islam – Thought, Culture, and Society , 3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XVI, 278 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; 1 Introduction --; 2 The Big Picture: 1000 Years of Exegetical Engagement with the Biblical Text --; 3 Contextualizing the Pre-Modern Dearth of Biblical Citation in Tafsīr --; 4 A Major Pre-Modern Exception: Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUmar al-Biqāʿī --; 5 Contextualizing the Nineteenth-Century Biblical Turn --; 6 Typologies of the Biblical Turn --; 7 The New Authority of the Bible in Modern Tafsīr --; 8 The Impact of the Biblical Turn --; 9 Conclusion --; Appendix: The Corpus of Arabic-Language Qur’an Commentaries --; Bibliography --; Index --; Index of Biblical Verses --; Index of Qur’anic Verses
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110669640; 9783111332192; 9783110659061
• ISSN: 2628-4286
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110669640
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Samuel Ross.

The Qur’an and the Bible have been called "intertwined scriptures" due to the Qur’an’s frequent invocation of biblical narratives and figures. But what is the history of Muslims’ exegetical engagement with the biblical text? Through a comprehensive survey of more than 170 Qur’an commentaries, Samuel Ross traces the longitudinal history of the Bible in tafsῑr. Offering detailed case studies and rich in historical context, Ross’s narrative culminates in the remarkable late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century biblical turn. Global in scope, this development has not only generated new Muslim views of the Bible but even new interpretations of the Qur’an itself. This monograph has been awarded the annual BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World.