Ethics in the Qur??n and the Tafs?r Tradition : From the Polynoia of Scripture to the Homonoia of Exegesis

Tareq Moqbel

ISBN 10: 9004696466 / ISBN 13: 9789004696464

Published by Brill Jun 2024, 2024

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Neuware - This book is about the articulation of ethics in the Qur?an and the tafsir tradition. Based on an examination of several apparently problematic Qur?anic narrative pericopes and how the exegetes grappled with them, the book demonstrates that the moral world of the Qur?an is polyvalent and non-linear, owing, above all, to its intrinsic ethical antinomies and textual ambiguities. That is, the book contends that paradox and uncertainty are both constituents of the Qur?an's ethical architectonics, and that through these constituents the Qur?an charts a system of ethics that seeks to tread in the midst of a non-ideal world rife with uncertainty. The book also argues that the tafsir tradition tends to erode the hermeneutical openness of the Qur?an and, thereby, limits the Qur?an's ethical potential. The book, thus, advances our understanding of Qur?anic ethics and contributes to the field of tafsir studies and to the scholarship on Qur?anic hermeneutics.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ethics in the Qur??n and the Tafs?r Tradition : From the Polynoia of Scripture to the Homonoia of Exegesis
• Publisher: Brill Jun 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004696466
• ISBN 13: 9789004696464
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 239W x 155H x 18D millimeters 239 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 499 grams

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Synopsis

This book is about the articulation of ethics in the Qurʾān and the tafsīr tradition. Based on an examination of several apparently problematic Qurʾānic narrative pericopes and how the exegetes grappled with them, the book demonstrates that the moral world of the Qurʾān is polyvalent and non-linear, owing, above all, to its intrinsic ethical antinomies and textual ambiguities. That is, the book contends that paradox and uncertainty are both constituents of the Qurʾān’s ethical architectonics, and that through these constituents the Qurʾān charts a system of ethics that seeks to tread in the midst of a non-ideal world rife with uncertainty.
The book also argues that the tafsīr tradition tends to erode the hermeneutical openness of the Qurʾān and, thereby, limits the Qurʾān’s ethical potential. The book, thus, advances our understanding of Qurʾānic ethics and contributes to the field of tafsīr studies and to the scholarship on Qurʾānic hermeneutics.

About the Author

Tareq Hesham Moqbel is a Research Fellow at Regent’s Park College, Oxford, and an Associate Member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford. His work addresses the Qurʾān―its reading traditions, interpretation, and continuity with the Bible.