Interpreting the Qurʼan
Subtitle: towards a contemporary approach
By: Abdullah Saeed.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Koran -- Hermeneutics.; Koran -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The context of the debate on interpretation; title: Revelation and interpretation; title: Interpretation based on tradition and textualism; title: Interpretation based on reason; title: Flexibility in reading the text; title: Abrogation and reinterpretation; title: The meaning of the text as an approximation; title: Recognition of the complexity of meaning; title: Socio-historical context and interpretation; title: Ethico-legal texts and a hierarchy of values; title: Ethico-legal texts and a hierarchy of values.