Tafsir and Islamic Intellectual History: Exploring the Boundaries of a Genre

by Andreas Gorke and Johanna Pink

How and when did Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir) emerge as a literary genre of its own? To what extent was it influenced by other disciplines, such as law, theology, or philosophy? How did different political or theological agendas shape works of tafsir, and in what ways did the genre develop over time and in different regions? These are some of the major questions which this book seeks to address.

This book constitutes the first comprehensive attempt...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019870206X
• ISBN13: 9780198702061
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: OUP in Association with the Institute of Isma
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.8" x 8.5"