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Narratives of tampering in the earliest commentaries on the Qurʻan / by Gordon Nickel.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: History of Christian-Muslim relations ; v. 13.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 255 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789004192393
  • 9004192395
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Narratives of tampering in the earliest commentaries on the Qurʻan.DDC classification:
  • 297.1/22609021 22
LOC classification:
  • BP130.45 .N53 2011
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Islamic accusations of falsification in scholarly perspective -- The doctrine of corruption as a polemical theme -- Qurʻanic references to the earlier scriptures -- Muqatil ibn Sulayman on the Qurʻanic verses of tampering -- Ṭabari on the Qurʻanic verses of tampering -- Method and meaning in interpretation of the Qurʻan -- Influence of narrative framework on exegesis -- Religious claims and human response.
Summary: Shedding light on a theme which affects Muslim-Christian conversation to the present day, this book describes the earliest extant interpretations of the Qur'?n's ""tampering"" verses which have been used to support the Muslim accusation of the corruption of pre-Qur'?nic scriptures.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)503848

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.

Islamic accusations of falsification in scholarly perspective -- The doctrine of corruption as a polemical theme -- Qurʻanic references to the earlier scriptures -- Muqatil ibn Sulayman on the Qurʻanic verses of tampering -- Ṭabari on the Qurʻanic verses of tampering -- Method and meaning in interpretation of the Qurʻan -- Influence of narrative framework on exegesis -- Religious claims and human response.

Print version record.

Shedding light on a theme which affects Muslim-Christian conversation to the present day, this book describes the earliest extant interpretations of the Qur'?n's ""tampering"" verses which have been used to support the Muslim accusation of the corruption of pre-Qur'?nic scriptures.