Philosophical Perspectives on Modern Quranic Exegesis: Key Paradigms and Concepts

by Massimo Campanini

Book Overview

This book explores the possibility of a hermeneutics of the Qur'an. It starts from the presupposition that the Qur'an can be studied as a philosophical book. Thus the analysis is theoretical more than historical. Many philosophers commented the Qur'an and many supported their theories by resorting to the Qur'an. Thinkers like Fakhr al-Din al-Razi connected traditional theology and philosophy in their Qur'anic commentary. Others like Nasr Abu Zayd...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781792313
• ISBN13: 9781781792315
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"