TY  - BOOK
AU  - Saleh,Walid A
TI  - The formation of the classical tafsir tradition: the Quran commentary of al-Thalabi (d. 427/1035) by Walid A. Saleh
T2  - Texts and studies on the Quran
SN  - 9004127771
AV  - BP130.S163.F676 2004 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Thalabi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad,
KW  - Quran
KW  - Commentaries
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - 1 (pages 251-259) and indexes; 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; 2
N2  - "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
ER  -