Approaches to the History of the Interpretation of the Qur'an by Andrew Rippin

2013 Gorgias Press hardcover edition. Light reading wear else very good condition.\nContents:\n\nChapter 1: Origins and Early Development of the tafsir Tradition by Fred Leemhuis; \nChapter 2: The Value of the Hafs and Warsh Transmissions for the Textual History of the Qur'an by Adrian Brockett;\nChapter 3: Quranic Hermeneutics: The Views of al-Tabari and Ibn Kathir by Jane Dammen McAuliffe; \nChapter 4: The Function of hadith as Commentary on the Qur'an, as Seen in the Six Authoritative Collections by R. Marston Speight; \nChapter 5: Legends in tafsir and hadith Literature: The Creation of Adam and Related Stories by M. J. Kister; \nChapter 6: The Exegetical Genre nasikh al-Qur'an wa mansukhuhu by David S. Powers; \nChapter 7: The Rhetorical Interpretation of the Qur'an: i'jaz and Related Topics by Issa J. Boullata; \nChapter 8: Lexicographical Texts and the Qur'an by Andrew Rippin; \nChapter 9: The Speaking Qur'an and the Silent Qur'an: A Study of.