The formation of the classical tafsīr tradition
Subtitle: the Qurʾān commentary of al-Thaʻlabī (d. 427/1035)
By: by Walid A. Saleh
Series: Texts and studies on the Qurʾān -- v. 1
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Thaʻlabī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, -- d. 1035.; Koran -- Commentaries -- History and criticism
Description: "This work is both an introduction to the genre of classical tafsir and a detailed study of one of its major architects, al-Thalabi (d. 427/1035). The book offers a detailed study of the hermeneutical principles that governed al-Thalabi's approach to the Quran, principles which became the norm in later exegetical works. It is divided into three main sections: the first outlines the life and times of the author; the second is a detailed study of his major exegetical work, al-Kashf; the third charts a brief history of the genre of tafsir through documenting the reactions of later exegetes to al-Kashf. This work brings together material never examined before and tries to offer anew way of understanding the history of classical Quran exegesis."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-259) and indexes