Gender and Muslim constructions of exegetical authority : : a rereading of the classical genre of Qur'an commentary /

Gender and Muslim constructions of exegetical authority : : a rereading of the classical genre of Qur'an commentary / / by Aisha Geissinger.

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A number of classical Sunnī Quran commentaries quote several different types of exegetical materials attributed to a few female figures from the first century A.H/seventh century C.E.—āthār, ḥadīths, legal opinions and variant readings, as well as lines of poetry. In Gender and Muslim Constructions...

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Superior document:Islamic History and Civilization, Volume 117
VerfasserIn:
Geissinger, Aisha,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015.
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Islamic history and civilization ; Volume 117.
Physical Description:1 online resource (331 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction: The Classical Genre of Quran Commentary, Exegetical Authority, and Gender
  • 1 Constructions of Gender in Pre-modern Quran Commentaries
  • 2 From Unwitting Source to Quran Commentator: Gender and Early Transhistorical Exegetical Communities
  • 3 Negotiating Interpretive Authority in Second/Eighth and Early Third/Ninth Century Exegesis: Shifting Historical Contexts
  • 4 Ḥadīth, Hermeneutics and Gender in the Third/Ninth and Fourth/Tenth Centuries
  • 5 Constructing the Abode of the Mothers of the Believers: Gendered Exegetical Gazes
  • 6 (Re)constructions of the Sacred Past, Gender, and Exegesis: Some Medieval Trajectories
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Quranic References
  • General Index.

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