Book Series in Middle East Studies
Routledge Studies in the Qur'an
New & Published Titles:
The Qur'an and its Biblical Subtext
This book challenges the dominant scholarly notion that the Qur’an must be interpreted through the medieval commentaries shaped by the biography of the prophet Muhammad,…
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Moses in the Qur'an and Islamic Exegesis
Relating the Muslim understanding of Moses in the Qur'an to the Epic of Gilgamesh, Alexander Romances, Aramaic Targums, Rabbinic Bible exegesis, and folklore from the… read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55418-3 (Routledge)
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The Development of Exegesis in Early Islam
The Authenticity of Muslim Literature from the Formative Period
The most important debate in Islamic origins is that of the reliability of the lists of transmitters (isnads) that are said to guarantee the authenticity…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55416-9 (Routledge)
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Biblical Prophets in the Qur'an and Muslim Literature
Part 1 is a comprehensive study of the Qur'anic data about each prophet, with a full portrait of every figure and dealing also with all… read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55417-6 (Routledge)
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Interpreting al-Tha'labi's Tales of the Prophets
Temptation, Responsibility and Loss
Al-Tha’labi was a renowned Qur’anic scholar of the fifth/eleventh century, and his ‘Ara’is al-majalis is arguably the finest and most widely consulted example of the…
read more2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36663-2 (Routledge)
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Literary Structures of Religious Meaning in the Qu'ran
This volume studies how the literary elements in the Qur'an function in conveying its religious message effectively. It is divided into three parts. Part one… read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55413-8 (Routledge)
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Logic, Rhetoric and Legal Reasoning in the Qur'an
God's Arguments
Muslims have always used verses from the Qur'an to support opinions on law, theology, or life in general, but almost no attention has been paid… read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55419-0 (Routledge)
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Textual Relations in the Qur'an
Relevance, Coherence and Structure
Representing a new development in the study of Qur'anic text, this book tackles the issue of Qur'anic text structure by fusing the fields of linguistics…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55420-6 (Routledge)
The Qur’an in its Historical Context
Providing commentary on the controversial revisionist school of Qur’anic studies, this book explores the origins, scholarship and development of the Qur'an. The collection of articles,…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49169-3 (Routledge)
Sufi Commentaries on the Qur'an in Classical Islam
Meeting the ever increasing interest in Islam and Sufism, this book is the first comprehensive study of Sufi Qur’anic commentaries and includes translations of many…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48314-8 (Routledge)
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Series Details:
In its examination of critical issues in the scholarly study of the Qur'an and its commentaries, this series targets the disciplines of archaeology, history, textual history, anthropology, theology and literary criticism. The contemporary relevance of the Qur'an in the Muslim world, its role in politics and in legal debates are also dealt with, as are debates surrounding Quranic studies in the Muslim world.