Concepts and Methods in the Study of the Qur’ān
This paper addresses methodological issues in Qur’anic studies. At first, it intends to explain, through historiographical analysis, why methods proved fruitful in biblical and New Testament studies, such as form criticism and redaction criticism, have been disregarded in Qur’anic studies; secondly,...
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| description | This paper addresses methodological issues in Qur’anic studies. At first, it intends to explain, through historiographical analysis, why methods proved fruitful in biblical and New Testament studies, such as form criticism and redaction criticism, have been disregarded in Qur’anic studies; secondly, it vindicates the application of such methods to the Qur’anic corpus; thirdly, it tries to exemplify the relevance of redaction criticism through examples. Two main issues are then discussed: the best way to account for the “synoptic problem” (the presence, in the Qur’ān, of variant parallel narratives), through an examination of some aspects of the Adam-Iblīs narratives (more precisely the composition of Q 2:30–38 and the nature of the relations between Q 38:71–85 and Q 15:26–43); and the beginning of Q 55. Two main conclusions are reached: first, the later versions of a parallel story are, in the examples discussed here, rewritings of earlier stories (namely, re-compositions based on a written version); second, sura 55 features the intervention of different authors, with two different profiles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d11ff6266e0743989f694ec274de1fe82023-11-22T09:29:46ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442021-08-0112859910.3390/rel12080599Concepts and Methods in the Study of the Qur’ānGuillaume Dye0Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences Sociales, Université libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Bruxelles, BelgiumThis paper addresses methodological issues in Qur’anic studies. At first, it intends to explain, through historiographical analysis, why methods proved fruitful in biblical and New Testament studies, such as form criticism and redaction criticism, have been disregarded in Qur’anic studies; secondly, it vindicates the application of such methods to the Qur’anic corpus; thirdly, it tries to exemplify the relevance of redaction criticism through examples. Two main issues are then discussed: the best way to account for the “synoptic problem” (the presence, in the Qur’ān, of variant parallel narratives), through an examination of some aspects of the Adam-Iblīs narratives (more precisely the composition of Q 2:30–38 and the nature of the relations between Q 38:71–85 and Q 15:26–43); and the beginning of Q 55. Two main conclusions are reached: first, the later versions of a parallel story are, in the examples discussed here, rewritings of earlier stories (namely, re-compositions based on a written version); second, sura 55 features the intervention of different authors, with two different profiles.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/8/599Qur’ānQur’anic studiesbiblical and New Testament studiesredaction criticismsynoptic problemlate antique cosmology |
| spellingShingle | Guillaume Dye Concepts and Methods in the Study of the Qur’ān Religions Qur’ān Qur’anic studies biblical and New Testament studies redaction criticism synoptic problem late antique cosmology |
| title | Concepts and Methods in the Study of the Qur’ān |
| title_full | Concepts and Methods in the Study of the Qur’ān |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Concepts and Methods in the Study of the Qur’ān |
| title_short | Concepts and Methods in the Study of the Qur’ān |
| title_sort | concepts and methods in the study of the qur an |
| topic | Qur’ān Qur’anic studies biblical and New Testament studies redaction criticism synoptic problem late antique cosmology |
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