Gender and Muslim Constructions of Exegetical Authority: A Rereading of the Classical Genre of Qurʾān Commentary [Arabic]

by Aisha Geissinger

A number of classical Sunnī Quran commentaries quote several different types of exegetical materials attributed to a few female figures from the first century A.H/seventh century C.E.--āthār, ḥadīths, legal opinions and variant readings, as well as lines of poetry. In Gender and Muslim Constructions of Exegetical Authority, Aisha Geissinger provides a comprehensive introduction to such quotations, and offers an analysis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Arabic
• ISBN: 9004269355
• ISBN13: 9789004269354
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"