The formation of classical tafsīr tradition : : the Qurʼān commentary of al-Thaʻlabī (d. 427/1035) / / by Walid A. Saleh.

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Superior document:Texts and studies on the Qurʼān ; Volume 1
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2004]
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Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:Texts and studies on the Qurʼān ; Volume 1.
Physical Description:1 online resource (277 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Quranic Exegesis in History and Scholarship
  • Chapter One: The Life of al-Thaʿlabī
  • Chapter Two: Al-Thaʿlabī and Mysticism
  • Chapter Three: Al-Thaʿlabī's Qurʾān Commentary: Sources and Structure
  • Chapter Four: Al-Thaʿlabī's Theoretical Hermeneutical Approach
  • Chapter Five: From Theory to Practice: Themes and Foci
  • A. Merit-of-sura Preambles
  • B. The Qurʾān and the Believers: The Salvific Scripture
  • C. Philology and Exegesis
  • D. The Anthological Nature of al-Thaʿlabī's Qurʾān Commentary
  • Chapter Six: From Theory to Practice: Tendencies and Trajectories
  • A. The Mystical Interpretations and the Polyvalency and the Quranic Text
  • B. Fictive Narrative Interpretations
  • C. Admonitory Discourse and Exegesis: Functional Hermeneutics
  • D. Political Interpretations
  • E. Exegesis and Prophetic Ḥadīth
  • F. Organization and Scholasticism in Quranic Exegesis
  • Chapter Seven: The Reception of al-Thaʿlabī's Commentary
  • Conclusion
  • Postscript
  • Appendix 1: Manuscripts
  • Appendix 2: Teachers of al-Thaʿlabī
  • Appendix 3: List of non-extant books used in al-Kashf
  • Bibliography
  • General Index
  • Index of Qurʾān Citations.