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

by Georges Tamer (Editor), Regina Grundmann (Editor), Assaad Elias Kattan (Editor), Karl Pinggéra (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110562934
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	12/18/2017
Series:	Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - Tension, Transmission, Transformation , #8
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	407
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

G. Tamer, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, R. Grundmann und A.E. Kattan, Universiät Münster, K. Pinggéra, Philipps-Universität Marburg.

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

Table of Contents

Exegetical Crossroads: Understanding Scripture in Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the Pre-Modern Orient Georges Tamer Regina Grundmann Assaad Elias Kattan Karl Pinggéra 1

"A Wandering Aramean was My Father": An Abrahamic Theme in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Scriptures and Interpretations William A. Graham 9

Jesus, the Wondrous Infant, at the Exegetical Crossroads of Christian Late Antiquity and Early Islam Cornelia Horn 27

The Letters of the East Syrian Patriarch Timothy I: Scriptural Exegesis between Judaism, Christianity and Islam Martin Heimgartner 47

Scripture Interpreting the Church's Story: Biblical Allusions in the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria Mark N. Swanson 61

Use and Interpretation of Scriptural Proof-Texts in Christian-Muslim Apologetic Literature in Arabic Sidney Griffith 73

"Min al-'aql wa-laysa min al-kutub": Scriptural Evidence, Rational Verification and Theodore Abu Qurra's Apologetic Epistemology Najib George Awad 95

The Lyre of Exegesis: Ibn al-Tayyib's Analytical Patterns of the Account of the Destruction of Sodom Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala 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 145

From Rabbinic Homilies to Geonic Doctrinal Exegesis: The Story of the Witch of En Dor as a Test Case Haggai Ben-Shammai 163

"Hidden Transcripts" in Late Midrash Made Visible: Hermeneutical and Literary Processes of Borrowing in a Multi-Cultural Context. Lennart Lehmhaus 199

Theological Deadlocks in the Muslim-Christian Exegetical Discourse of the Medieval Orient: Identifying a Historical Meta-Dialogue Martin Accad 243

Two Types of Inner-Qur'anic Interpretation Nicolai Sinai 253

Moses, Son of Pharaoh: A Study of Qur'an 26 and Its Exegesis Gabriel Said Reynolds 289

Unity and Coherence in the Qur'an Stefan Wild 303

Qur'anic Exegesis as an Exclusive Art - Diving for the Starting Point of Sufi Tafsir Berenike Metzler 319

Ibn Kammuna's Knowledge of, and Attitude toward, the Qur'an Reza Pourjavady 329

Bibliography 339

Authors 379

The Editors 381

Index of used verses from the Bible, the Qur'an and Apocrypha 383

Index 391