Qur'anic Hermeneutics Between Science, History, and the Bible [Hardcover]

Qur'anic Hermeneuticsargues for the importance of understanding the polysemous nature of the words in the Qur'an and outlines a new method of Qur'anic exegesis called intertextual polysemy. By interweaving science, history and religious studies, Abdulla Galadari introduces a linguistic approach which draws on neuropsychology.

This book features examples of intertextual polysemy within the Qur'an, as well as between the Qur'an and the Bible. It provides examples that intimately engage with Christological concepts of the Gospels, in addition to examples of allegorical interpretation through inner-Qur'anic allusions. Galadari reveals how new creative insights are possible, and argues that the Qur'an did not come to denounce the Gospelwhich is one of the stumbling blocks between Islam and Christianitybut only to interpret it in its own words.

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Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Transliteration
1. Introduction
2. Interpretation according to the Quran
3. Examples of Intertextual Polysemy from Quranic and Arabic Perspectives
4. The Relationship between the Quran and the Bible
5. Examples of Intertextual Polysemy between the Quran and the Bible
6. Allegorical Interpretation
7. Conclusion
8. Bibliography
Notes
Index

Proposes a radical new way of interpreting the Qur'an, drawing on the multiple meanings that words found in both the Qur'an and the Bible may have.Abdulla Galadariis Assistant Professor at Khalifa University of Science & Technology, United Arab Emirates. He is also a Research Fellow at Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education, Scotland.

Here is a Muslim voice that will surprise many with what it has to say about the Qur'an and the Bible. Displaying an impressive familiarity with a wide array of scholarship and sources, Abdulla Galadari proposes bold and provocative interpretations of Jewish, Christian, and Islamicl6