Interpreting the Qur§åan towards a contemporary approach /

• Main Author: Saeed, Abdullah
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
• Subjects: Koran > Hermeneutics.; Koran > Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The context of the debate on interpretation
• Revelation and interpretation
• Interpretation based on tradition and textualism
• Interpretation based on reason
• Flexibility in reading the text
• Abrogation and reinterpretation
• The meaning of the text as an approximation
• Recognition of the complexity of meaning
• Socio-historical context and interpretation
• Ethico-legal texts and a hierarchy of values
• Ethico-legal texts and a hierarchy of values.