Scripture and Exegesis in Early Imāmī Shiism

by Meir Mikhael Bar-Asher

Since the publication in 1921 of Ignaz Goldziher's Die Richtungen der islamischen Koransauslegung, which includes a discussion of Imāmī exegesis, no comprehensive work on this topic has appeared. In the intervening years, important Imāmī commentaries on the Qur'ān have become available, making possible a reappraisal of the subject. The present study aims to contribute to this task, primarily by examining the features...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004114955
• ISBN13: 9789004114951
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.7"