Exegetical Crossroads: Understanding Scripture in Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the Pre-Modern Orient

Published by De Gruyter 2019

Exegetical Crossroads

Understanding Scripture in Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the Pre-Modern Orient

Edited by: Georges Tamer , Regina Grundmann , Assaad Elias Kattan and Karl Pinggéra

Volume 8 in the series Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Tension, Transmission, Transformation

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110564341

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The art of interpreting Holy Scriptures flourished throughout the culturally heterogeneous pre-modern Orient among Jews, Christians and Muslims. Different ways of interpretation developed within each religion not without considering the others. How were the interactions and how productive were they for the further development of these traditions? Have there been blurred spaces of scholarly activity that transcended sectarian borders? What was the role played by mutual influences in profiling the own tradition against the others? These and other related questions are critically treated in the present volume.

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G. Tamer, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, R. Grundmann and A.E. Kattan, University of Münster; K. Pinggéra, Philipps-University Marburg.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Exegetical Crossroads Understanding Scripture in Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the Pre-Modern Orient Georges Tamer, Regina Grundmann, Assaad Elias Kattan and Karl Pinggéra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
“A Wandering Aramean was My Father” An Abrahamic Theme in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Scriptures and Interpretations William A. Graham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Jesus, the Wondrous Infant, at the Exegetical Crossroads of Christian Late Antiquity and Early Islam Cornelia Horn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
The Letters of the East Syrian Patriarch Timothy I Scriptural Exegesis between Judaism, Christianity and Islam Martin Heimgartner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Scripture Interpreting the Church’s Story Biblical Allusions in the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria Mark N. Swanson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Use and Interpretation of Scriptural Proof-Texts in Christian–Muslim Apologetic Literature in Arabic Sidney Griffith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
“Min al-‘aql wa-laysa min al-kutub” Scriptural Evidence, Rational Verification and Theodore Abū Qurra’s Apologetic Epistemology Najib George Awad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
The Lyre of Exegesis Ibn al-Ṭayyib’s Analytical Patterns of the Account of the Destruction of Sodom Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
“Christ has subjected us to the harsh yoke of the Arabs” The Syriac Exegesis of Jacob of Edessa in the New World Order Alison Salvesen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
From Rabbinic Homilies to Geonic Doctrinal Exegesis The Story of the Witch of En Dor as a Test Case Haggai Ben-Shammai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
“Hidden Transcripts” in Late Midrash Made Visible Hermeneutical and Literary Processes of Borrowing in a Multi-Cultural Context Lennart Lehmhaus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Theological Deadlocks in the Muslim-Christian Exegetical Discourse of the Medieval Orient Identifying a Historical Meta-Dialogue Martin Accad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Two Types of Inner-Qur’ānic Interpretation Nicolai Sinai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Moses, Son of Pharaoh A Study of Qurʾān 26 and Its Exegesis Gabriel Said Reynolds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Unity and Coherence in the Qur’ān Stefan Wild Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
Qur’ānic Exegesis as an Exclusive Art – Diving for the Starting Point of Ṣūfī Tafsīr Berenike Metzler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Ibn Kammūna’s Knowledge of, and Attitude toward, the Qur’ān Reza Pourjavady Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
The Editors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381
Index of used verses from the Bible, the Qur’ān and Apocrypha Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of Religious Studies, Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies, Islamic Studies, Histoy.
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 399
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 10
Keywords: Holy Scriptures; Judaism; Christianity; Islam

eBook

Published: December 18, 2017
ISBN: 9783110564341

Hardcover

Published: December 18, 2017
ISBN: 9783110561142

Paperback

Published: April 1, 2019
ISBN: 9783110561449