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The silent Qurʼan and the speaking Qurʼan : scriptural sources of islam between history and fervor / Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi ; with contributions by Etan Kohlberg and Hasan Ansari ; translated by Eric Ormsby.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: French Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231540650
  • 0231540655
Uniform titles:
  • Coran silencieux et le coran parlant. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 297.1/221 23
LOC classification:
  • BP130.45 .A4813 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Word to the Reader -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Violence and Scripture in the Book of Sulaym ibn Qays -- 2. Qur'anic Recensions and Political Tendencies: Al-Sayyārī and His Book of Revelation and Falsification -- 3. The Necessity of Hermeneutics: On the Qur'anic Commentary of al-Ḥibarī -- 4. The Emergence of Gnosis: A Monograph on Knowledge Compiled by al-Ṣaffār al-Qummī -- 5. Perfecting a Religion: Remarks on al-Kulaynī and His Summa of Traditions -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: This is the first book to evaluate the writing of Islam's major scriptural sources within the context of the bloody conflicts that surrounded the succession of the Prophet. Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi rebuilds a Shi'ite understanding of Islam's early history and the genesis of its holy scriptures. At the same time, he proposes a fresh interpretative framework for the early history of Islam, isolating the contradictions between Shi'ite and Sunni sources and their contribution to the tensions that rile these groups today.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from the French.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Word to the Reader -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Violence and Scripture in the Book of Sulaym ibn Qays -- 2. Qur'anic Recensions and Political Tendencies: Al-Sayyārī and His Book of Revelation and Falsification -- 3. The Necessity of Hermeneutics: On the Qur'anic Commentary of al-Ḥibarī -- 4. The Emergence of Gnosis: A Monograph on Knowledge Compiled by al-Ṣaffār al-Qummī -- 5. Perfecting a Religion: Remarks on al-Kulaynī and His Summa of Traditions -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

This is the first book to evaluate the writing of Islam's major scriptural sources within the context of the bloody conflicts that surrounded the succession of the Prophet. Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi rebuilds a Shi'ite understanding of Islam's early history and the genesis of its holy scriptures. At the same time, he proposes a fresh interpretative framework for the early history of Islam, isolating the contradictions between Shi'ite and Sunni sources and their contribution to the tensions that rile these groups today.

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