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100 1 $aNickel, Gordon D.
245 10 $aNarratives of tampering in the earliest commentaries on the Qurʻan /$cby Gordon Nickel.
260 $aLeiden ;$aBoston :$bBrill,$c2011.
300 $axi, 255 p. ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $aHistory of Christian-Muslim relations ;$vv. 13
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-245) and indexes.
505 0 $aIslamic 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.
520 $a"The Muslim accusation of the corruption or deliberate falsification of pre-Qur'ānic scriptures has been a major component of interfaith polemic for a millenium or more. The accusation has frequently sought attestation from a series of "tampering" verses in the Qur'ān. Investigation of the interpretation of these verses in the earliest commentaries on the Qur'ān, however, reveals a discrepancy between the confident polemical accusation and the tentative understandings of the first Muslims. Of greater interest to early commentators was a story of deception and obstinacy by the "People of the Book" in response to the truth claims of Islam. Focusing on the eighth-century commentary of Muqātil ibn Sulaymān and the great exegetical compendium of al-Ṭabarī (d. 923), this book sketches the outlines of the earliest Muslim approach to pre-Qur'ānic scriptures. The resulting discoveries provide a rare opportunity to peek behind the curtain of doctrinaire claim and polemical debate."--$cBack cover.
630 00 $aQurʼan$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.$xHistory.
630 00 $aQurʼan$xCriticism, Textual.
830 0 $aHistory of Christian-Muslim relations ;$vv. 13.
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