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The formation of the classical tafsir tradition : the Quran commentary of al-Thalabi (d. 427/1035) by Walid A. Saleh. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Texts and studies on the Quran ; v. 1.Publication details: Boston : Brill, (c)2004.Description: x, 267 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9004127771
  • 9789004127777
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP130.S163.F676 2004
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Contents:
Introduction: Quranic Exegesis in History and Scholarship -- The Life of al-Thalabi -- Al-Thalabi and Mysticism -- Al-Thalabi's Quran Commentary: Sources and Structure -- Al-Thalabi's Theoretical Hermeneutical Approach -- From Theory to Practice: Themes and Foci -- From Theory to Practice: Tendencies and Trajectories -- The Reception of al-Thalabi's Commentary -- Teachers of al-Thalabi -- List of non-extant books used in al-Kashf.
Review: "This work is both an introduction to the genre of classical tafsir and a detailed study of one of its major architects, al-Thalabi (d. 427/1035). The book offers a detailed study of the hermeneutical principles that governed al-Thalabi's approach to the Quran, principles which became the norm in later exegetical works. It is divided into three main sections: the first outlines the life and times of the author; the second is a detailed study of his major exegetical work, al-Kashf; the third charts a brief history of the genre of tafsir through documenting the reactions of later exegetes to al-Kashf. This work brings together material never examined before and tries to offer anew way of understanding the history of classical Quran exegesis."--Jacket.
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Introduction: Quranic Exegesis in History and Scholarship -- The Life of al-Thalabi -- Al-Thalabi and Mysticism -- Al-Thalabi's Quran Commentary: Sources and Structure -- Al-Thalabi's Theoretical Hermeneutical Approach -- From Theory to Practice: Themes and Foci -- From Theory to Practice: Tendencies and Trajectories -- The Reception of al-Thalabi's Commentary -- Teachers of al-Thalabi -- List of non-extant books used in al-Kashf.

"This work is both an introduction to the genre of classical tafsir and a detailed study of one of its major architects, al-Thalabi (d. 427/1035). The book offers a detailed study of the hermeneutical principles that governed al-Thalabi's approach to the Quran, principles which became the norm in later exegetical works. It is divided into three main sections: the first outlines the life and times of the author; the second is a detailed study of his major exegetical work, al-Kashf; the third charts a brief history of the genre of tafsir through documenting the reactions of later exegetes to al-Kashf. This work brings together material never examined before and tries to offer anew way of understanding the history of classical Quran exegesis."--Jacket.

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