TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bauer,Karen
TI  - Gender hierarchy in the Qurʼān: medieval interpretations, modern responses 
T2  - Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
SN  - 9781316247617
AV  - BP134.S49 B38 2015 eb
U1  - 297.1/2283053 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Qurʼan
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - History
KW  - Coran
KW  - Critique, interprétation, etc
KW  - fast
KW  - Koran
KW  - gnd
KW  - Sex role
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Rôle selon le sexe
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Gleichberechtigung
KW  - Tafsir
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- 1. Women's testimony and the gender hierarchy -- 2. Modern readings of women's testimony -- 3. From a single soul: women and men in creation -- 4. Contemporary reinterpretations of the creation narrative -- 5. Who does the housework? The ethics and etiquette of marriage -- 6. The marital hierarchy today -- Conclusion; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011
N2  - "This book explores how medieval and modern Muslim religious scholars ('ulamā') interpret gender roles in Qur'ā;nic verses on legal testimony, marriage, and human creation. Citing these verses, medieval scholars developed increasingly complex laws and interpretations upholding a male-dominated gender hierarchy; aspects of their interpretations influence religious norms and state laws in Muslim-majority countries today, yet other aspects have been discarded entirely. Karen Bauer traces the evolution of their interpretations, showing how they have been adopted, adapted, rejected, or replaced over time, by comparing the Qur'ān with a wide range of Qur'ānic commentaries and interviews with prominent religious scholars from Iran and Syria. At times, tradition is modified in unexpected ways: learned women argue against gender equality, or Grand Ayatollahs reject sayings of the Prophet, citing science instead. This innovative and engaging study highlights the effects of social and intellectual contexts on the formation of tradition, and on modern responses to it"--
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