Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 192 pages
- Published by: Routledge
- Edition: 1st Edition November 11, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0415365384
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0415365383
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Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
- Weighs: 10.4 ounces
Product Review
Saeed does a masterful job judicious scholarship and temperate, yet scholarly style greatly help to develop his core thesis. –
Jason Walsh, Religion and Theology JournalIn a field that still lacks adequate historical surveys and monographs, Saeed offers an insightful work An intellectually engaging and revealing work. – American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences
Product Description
Saeed explores the current debates surrounding the interpretation of the Qur'an, and their impact on contemporary understanding of this sacred text. As he attempts to determine the text's relevance to modern issues without compromising the overall framework of the Qur'an, and its core beliefs and practices, he proposes a fresh approach, which takes into account the historical and contemporary contexts of interpretation.
The book's modernist approach is likely to inspire healthy debate and appeal to a generation of students and scholars seeking a contemporary approach to the interpretation of the Qur'anic text.