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David in the Muslim Tradition : The Bathsheba Affair.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (239 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739197165
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: David in the Muslim TraditionDDC classification:
  • 297.2/46
LOC classification:
  • BP133.7.D38M64 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover-Page -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Formative Period -- 3 The Golden Age of Classical Tafsīr: al-‛Aṣr al-Dhahabī -- 4 The Era of the Qur'ānic Supercommentaries -- 5 From Modernity to Late Modernity -- 6 From Flawed to Flawless: The Evolving David of Judaism and Christianity -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: In an age where interfaith dialogue has become vitally important, this book examines a shared narrative between the Bible and the Qur'an. Mohammed charts the changes in Muslim exegesis of David's affair with Bathsheba, and in the process presents a new look at the history of the hermeneutical tradition in Islam.
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Cover-Page -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Formative Period -- 3 The Golden Age of Classical Tafsīr: al-‛Aṣr al-Dhahabī -- 4 The Era of the Qur'ānic Supercommentaries -- 5 From Modernity to Late Modernity -- 6 From Flawed to Flawless: The Evolving David of Judaism and Christianity -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

In an age where interfaith dialogue has become vitally important, this book examines a shared narrative between the Bible and the Qur'an. Mohammed charts the changes in Muslim exegesis of David's affair with Bathsheba, and in the process presents a new look at the history of the hermeneutical tradition in Islam.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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