Ethics in the Qurʼān and the tafsīr tradition : from the polynoia of scripture to the homonoia of exegesis / by Tareq Hesham Moqbel.

Author/creator Moqbel, Tareq Hesham author.
Format Book
PublicationLeiden : Brill, [2024]
Copyright Date©2024
Descriptionxv, 229 pages ; 24 cm.
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SeriesTexts and studies on the Qurʼān, 1567-2808
Texts and studies on the Qurʼān ; v. 23. ^A1125800
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteRevision of author's thesis (PhD)--University of Cambridge, 2021, which was presented under the title: The polyphonic Qurʼān : ethical antinomy, narrative ambiguity, and the construction of the Qurʼān's moral universe.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 207-225) and indexes.
Issued in other formOnline version: Moqbel, Tareq Hesham. Polyphonic Qurʼān Ethics in the Qurʼān and the tafsīr tradition Leiden : Brill, [2024] 9789004696471
LCCN 2024020806
ISBN9789004696464
ISBN9004696466 (hardback)
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