Historical criticism and recent trends in western scholarship on the Qur’an : some hermeneutic reflections
Other Title(s)
النقد التاريخي و بعض النزعات المؤخرة في دراسة القرآن الكريم في الغرب : ملاحظات تأويلية
Author
Source
Journal of College of Shariaa and Islamic Studies
Issue
Vol. 38, Issue 1 (31 Jul. 2020), pp.136-146, 11 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2020-07-31
Country of Publication
Qatar
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The application of the historical-critical method to the Qur’an is sometimes viewed as an imperialist attempt to undermine Islamic belief.
This view, however, fails to sufficiently consider that the same method has also been applied to the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.
The historical-critical study of the Qur’an cannot, therefore, be accurately described as a targeted assault on Islam in particular.
There can, nonetheless, be no doubt that there are significant methodological differences between a historical-critical approach to the Qur’an and premodern Islamic approaches.
Additionally, the Western study of the Qur’an has yielded results that are apt to be of interest to scholars based in the Islamic world, even to those who might not be prepared to accept the historical-critical approach in its entirety.
These results include a close comparison between Qur’anic narrative, on the one hand, and ancient Jewish and Christian traditions in Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew, on the other.
Such a comparison permits a deepened understanding of the specificity of Qur’anic doctrine against its contemporary intellectual background.
Moreover, the last few decades have witnessed a strong interest among Western scholars in the literary and rhetorical structure of the Qur’an.
There is increasing awareness that the literary and rhetorical analysis of the Qur’an, even if practiced from a historical-critical perspective, can significantly benefit from Islamic scholarship.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sinai, Nicolai. 2020. Historical criticism and recent trends in western scholarship on the Qur’an : some hermeneutic reflections. Journal of College of Shariaa and Islamic Studies،Vol. 38, no. 1, pp.136-146.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-965626
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sinai, Nicolai. Historical criticism and recent trends in western scholarship on the Qur’an : some hermeneutic reflections. Journal of College of Shariaa and Islamic Studies Vol. 38, no. 1 (Jul. 2020), pp.136-146.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-965626
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sinai, Nicolai. Historical criticism and recent trends in western scholarship on the Qur’an : some hermeneutic reflections. Journal of College of Shariaa and Islamic Studies. 2020. Vol. 38, no. 1, pp.136-146.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-965626
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 146
Record ID
BIM-965626