The Qur'an : formative interpretation

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Contents: Introduction The beginnings of the Qura (TM)anic exegesis, Claude Gilliot The early development of Tafsir, Nabia Abbott Old Muslim opposition against interpretation of the Qura (TM)an, Harris Birkeland From Midrash to scripture: the sacrifice of Abraham in early Islamic tradition, Norman Calder Ibn a Abbasa (TM)s Al-lughar fia (TM)l-Qura (TM)an, Andrew Rippin Ibn a Abbasa (TM)s Gharib al-Qura (TM)an, Andrew Rippin Poetry citation as interpretive illustration in Qura (TM)an exegesis: Masaa (TM)il Nafia (TM) ibn al-Azraq, Issa J. Boullata The dogmatic religious stance of the grammarian Yahya ibn Ziyad al-Farra, Edmund Beck The treatment of qiraa (TM)at by the second and third century grammarians, Ramzi Baalbaki Maturidi and his Kitab Taa (TM)wilat al-Qura (TM)an, Manfred GA tz Religious influences on medieval Arabic philology, Lothar Kopf Majaz al-qura (TM)an: periphrastic exegesis, John Wansbrough The early meaning of majaz and the nature of Abu a Ubaydaa (TM)s exegesis, Ella Almagor Muhkamat and mutashabihat (Koran 3/7): implications of a Koranic pair of terms in medieval exegesis, Leah Kinberg Some remarks on the Qisas al-Anbiyaa (TM) works in Arabic literature, JA!n Pauliny The term a Khalifaa (TM) in early exegetical literature, Wadad al-Qadi a /Those are the high-flying cranesa , John Burton Index.