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Scriptural Polemics: The Qur'an and Other Religions

Scriptural Polemics: The Qur'an and Other Religions Hardback - 2014

by Mun'Im Sirry

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Hardback. New. Mun'im Sirry explores polemical passages in the Qur'an, examining the interpretation of those passages by reformist exegetes of the first half of the twentieth century.
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  • Title Scriptural Polemics: The Qur'an and Other Religions
  • Author Mun'Im Sirry
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
  • Date 2014-06-02
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780199359363
  • ISBN 9780199359363 / 0199359369
  • Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.2 in (23.62 x 15.49 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Islamic Studies
    • Religious Orientation: Islamic
  • Library of Congress subjects Islam - Relations
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013039064
  • Dewey Decimal Code 297.122

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A number of passages in the Qur'an criticize Jews and Christians, from claims of exclusive salvation and charges of Jewish and Christian falsification of revelation to cautions against the taking of Jews and Christians as patrons, allies, or intimates. Mun'im Sirry offers a novel exploration of these polemical passages, which have long been regarded as obstacles to peaceable interreligious relations, through the lens of twentieth-century tafsir (exegesis). He considers such essential questions as: How have modern contexts shaped Muslim reformers' understanding of the Qur'an, and how have the reformers' interpretations recontextualized these passages? Can the Qur'an's polemical texts be interpreted fruitfully for interactions among religious communities in the modern world?

Sirry also reflects on the various definitions of apologetic or polemic as relevant sacred texts and analyzes reformist tafsirs with careful attention to argument, literary context, and rhetoric in order to illuminate the methods, positions, and horizons of the exegeses. Scriptural Polemics provides both a critical engagement with the tafsirs and a lucid and original examination of Qur'anic language, logic, and dilemmas, showing how the dynamic and varied reformist interpretations of these passages open the way for a less polemical approach to other religions.

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  • Choice, 01/01/2015, Page 823

About the author

Mun'im Sirry is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He earned his Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from the University of Chicago Divinity School. His articles have appeared in several peer-reviewed journals, including Arabica, BSOAS, Interpretation, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Journal of Semitic Studies, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, The Muslim World, Studia Islamica, and Der Welt des Islams.