Aims, Methods and Contexts of Qur'anic Exegesis (2nd/8th-9th/15th Centuries)

by Karen Bauer (editor)

A collection of essays by leading scholars of the Qur'an and Qur'an commentary, looking at the theoretical aims, practical methods, and contexts of tafsir from 2nd/8th-9th/15th centuries. It includes primary source material, in the form of editions and translations of the introductions to two works of tafsir.

Genres: Islam

480 pages, Hardcover

First published February 15, 2013

About the author

Dr. Karen Bauer (PhD, Princeton) is a Senior Research Associate in the Qur’anic Studies Unit of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. She specialises in Islamic social and intellectual history; her specific interests include the Qur’an and Qur’anic exegesis, the history of emotions in early Islam, and gender in Islamic history and thought.