The Silent Qur'an and the Speaking Qur'an : Scriptural Sources of Islam Between History and Fervor.
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TextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (292 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9780231540650
- Qurʼan-Criticism, interpretation, etc.-History-Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Qurʼan-Commentaries-History and criticism
- Hadith (Shiites)-Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Sulaym ibn Qays,--approximately 705
- Sayyārī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad,-active 9th century
- Ḥibarī, al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Ḥakam,--899 or 900
- Abū Jaʻfar al-Qummī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan,--902 or 903
- Kulaynī, Muḥammad ibn Yaʻqūb,--941?
- 297.1/221
- BP130.45 .A4813 2016
Intro -- Table of Contents -- A Word to the Reader -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Violence and Scripture in the Book of Sulaym ibn Qays -- 2. Qur'anic Recensions and Political Tendencies: Al-Sayyari and His Book of Revelation and Falsification, by M. A. Amir-Moezzi and E. Kohlberg -- 3. The Necessity of Hermeneutics: On the Qur'anic Commentary of al-Hibari -- 4. The Emergence of Gnosis: A Monograph on Knowledge Compiled by al-Saffar al-Qummi -- 5. Perfecting a Religion: Remarks on al-Kulayni and His Summa of Traditions, by M. A. Amir-Moezzi and H. Ansari -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
The first book to evaluate the writing of Islam's major scriptural sources within the context of the bloody, brutal conflicts that surrounded the succession of the Prophet.
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