TY - BOOK AU - McCoy III,R.Michael TI - Interpreting the Qurʾān with the Bible (Tafsīr Al-Qurʾān Bi-L-Kitāb): Reading the Arabic Bible in the Tafsīrs of Ibn Barraǧān and Al-Biqāʿī T2 - Biblia Arabica Series SN - 9789004466821 AV - BP134.B4 M336 2021 PY - 2021/// CY - Boston PB - BRILL KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1 Methodology -- 2 Reading Someone Else's Kitāb -- 3 Ibn Barraǧān: Life and Career -- 3.1 Ibn Barraǧān: The Muʿtabir Par Excellence -- 3.2 Ibn Barraǧān's Biblical Engagement in His Historical and Cultural Context -- 4 Al-Biqāʿī: Life and Career -- 4.1 Al-Biqāʿī: The Polymath Preacher -- 4.2 Al-Biqāʿī's Biblical Engagement in His Historical and Cultural Context -- Chapter 2 An Historical Survey of the Bible in Muslim Tradition -- 1 Taḥrīf al-maʿnā and Taḥrīf al-naṣṣ -- 2 Biblical Quotation in the Muslim Tradition -- 2.1 Sīrah al-nabawiyyah and the Bible -- 2.1.1 Old Testament Parallels and Allusions in the Sīrah -- 2.1.2 Gospel Parallels, Allusions and Quotations in the Sīrah -- 2.2 Ta ʾrīḫ Literature and the Bible -- 2.2.1 Al-Yaʿqūbī's Adam and Eve -- 2.2.2 Al-Yaʿqūbī's Jesus -- 2.3 Ḥadīṯ Literature and the Bible -- 2.4 Zuhd Literature and the Bible -- 2.5 Dalāʾil al-nubuwwah Literature and the Bible -- 2.5.1 ʿAbd al-Ǧabbār's Critique of Christianity -- 2.6 Radd ʿalā l-naṣārā wa-l-yahūd Literature and the Bible -- 2.6.1 Al-Qarāfī on Primordial Sin -- 2.7 Al-Ṭūfī's Taʿlīq on the Bible -- 2.7.1 An Arabic Version of the Bible in the Taʿlīq -- 2.7.2 Linguistic Observations on the Arabic Bible in the Taʿlīq -- 3 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Identifying the Arabic Versions of the Bible Used by Ibn Barraǧān and al-Biqāʿī: A Comparative Analysis -- 1 The Torah Manuscripts -- 1.1 The Torah Manuscripts for Ibn Barraǧān -- 1.2 The Torah Manuscripts for al-Biqāʿī -- 2 The Gospel Manuscripts -- 2.1 The Gospel Manuscripts for Ibn Barraǧān -- 2.2 The Gospel Manuscripts for al-Biqāʿī -- 3 The Diatessaron Manuscripts for Ibn Barraǧān and al-Biqāʿī -- 4 A Verse-by-Verse Analysis of Arabic Bible Manuscripts and Biblical Quotations in the Tafsīrs of Ibn Barraǧān and al-Biqāʿī; 4.1 Ibn Barraǧān: Genesis 3:1-7 -- 4.1.1 Conclusion -- 4.2 Al-Biqāʿī: Genesis 3:1-7 -- 4.2.1 Conclusion -- 4.3 Ibn Barraǧān: Matthew 19:30-20:9 -- 4.3.1 Conclusion -- 4.4 Al-Biqāʿī: Matthew 19:30-20:9 -- 4.4.1 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 The Scriptural Hermeneutics of Ibn Barraǧān and al-Biqāʿī -- 1 Al-Biqāʿī's Defense of the Bible: The Aqwāl -- 1.1 Chapter 5 of the Aqwāl: Suspending Judgment (Tawaqquf) on the Biblical Text -- 1.2 Chapters 7 and 8 of the Aqwāl: Categories of Alteration (Tabdīl) and Classes (Aqsām) of Biblical Material -- 2 Reception History of Sūrat Āl ʿImrān (Q3:7) -- 2.1 Muqātil b. Sulaymān on Q3:7 -- 2.2 Al-Ṭabarī on Q3:7 -- 2.3 Al-Zamaḫšarī on Q3:7 -- 3 Ibn Barraǧān's and al-Biqāʿī's Scriptural Hermeneutics of the Qurʾān and Bible -- 3.1 The Theories of Naẓm and Munāsabāt -- 3.2 Q3:7 and the Hermeneutical Value of Muḥkam and Mutašābih -- 3.3 The Ontological Relationship between Biblical and Quranic Revelation -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Adam in the Gardens of Paradise: Tafsīr al-Qurʾān bi-l-Kitāb in Ibn Barraǧān's and al-Biqāʿī's Exegesis of Genesis 1-3 -- 1 Adam's Garden Interpreted -- 1.1 Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī on the Angels' Protest -- 1.2 Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī on the Creation of Adam -- 2 The Garden Narrative in Ibn Barraǧān's Tafsīr -- 2.1 The Quranic Garden Narrative -- 2.2 The Biblical Garden Narrative -- 2.3 The Use of Hadith in the Interpretation of the Garden -- 2.4 The Role of the Two Trees in the Garden Narrative -- 3 The Garden Narrative in al-Biqāʿī's Tafsīr -- 3.1 The Created Order: From Hadith to Torah -- 3.2 Apologia in Context: Foundations for Biblical Quotation -- 3.3 The Formation of Adam and His Wife -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 The Parable of Muḥammad's Vineyard: Tafsīr al-Qurʾān bi-l-Kitāb in Ibn Barraǧān's and al-Biqāʿī's Exegesis of Matthew 19-20 -- 1 Ibn Qutaybah's Matthean Quotations; 2 Ibn Barraǧān's and al-Biqāʿī's use of the Inǧīl -- 2.1 Jesus, the "Example" and the "Sign" -- 2.2 Jesus, Eschatology and Monasticism -- 2.3 Jesus, "Fatherhood" and "Sonship" -- 3 The Parable of Muḥammad's Vineyard in Ibn Barraǧān's Tafsīr: Surahs al-Nisāʾ (Q4:85-7) and al-Ḥadīd (Q57:26-9) -- 4 The Parable of Muḥammad's Vineyard in al-Biqāʿī's Tafsīr: Sūrat al-Aʿrāf (Q7:157) -- 4.1 Biblical Proofs of Prophethood sub Q7:157: Deuteronomy 18 -- 4.2 Biblical Proofs of Prophethood sub Q7:157: Gospels -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- 1 Contexts for Biblical Engagement -- 2 The Interpretive Tradition -- 3 Arabic Versions of the Bible -- 4 Scriptural Hermeneutics -- 5 Case Studies -- 6 Avenues for Future Research -- Appendix I Table of the Arabic Bible Quotations (Genesis 3:1-7 & -- Matthew 19:30-20:9) from the Tafsīr of Ibn Barraǧān and the Tafsīr of al-Biqāʿī -- Appendix II Table of the Arabic Bible Quotations (Genesis 3:1-7 & -- Matthew 19:30-20:9) from the Manuscripts Chosen for Comparison with Ibn Barraǧān and al-Biqāʿī -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Index of Bible References -- Index of Qurʾān References N2 - In Interpreting the Qurʾān with the Bible, R. Michael McCoy III examines the reception of the Arabic Bible in tafsīr literature by analyzing Ibn Barraǧān's (d. 546/1141) and al-Biqāʿī's (d. 885/1480) methods of scriptural engagement UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=6768846 ER -