CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE TO THE REPRINT v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
4. CONTENTS ix
5. CONTRIBUTORS xi
6. ABBREVIATIONS xiv
7. Introduction 1
8. PART I. FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TAFSIR
9. 1. Origins and Early Development of the tafsir Tradition 13
10. 2. The Value of the Hafs and Warsh Transmissions for the Textual History of the Qur'an 31
11. 3. Quranic Hermeneutics: The Views of al-Tabari and Ibn Kathir 46
12. 4. The Function of hadith as Commentary on the Qur'an, as Seen in the Six Authoritative Collections 63
13. 5. Legends in tafsir and hadith Literature: The Creation of Adam and Related Stories 82
14. PART II. GENRES OF TAFSIR
15. 6. The Exegetical Genre nasikh al-Qur'an wa mansukhuhu 117
16. 7. The Rhetorical Interpretation of the Qur'an: i'jaz and Related Topics 139
17. 8. Lexicographical Texts and the Qur'an 158
18. PART III. SECTARIAN DIMENSIONS OF INTERPRETATION
19. 9. The Speaking Qur'an and the Silent Qur'an: A Study of the Principles and Development of Imami Shi'i tafsir 177
20. 10. Isma'ili ta'wil of the Qur'an 199
21. 11. Interpretation as Revelation: The Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid'All Muhammad Shlrazi, the Bab (1819-1850) 223
22. PART IV. MODERN TRENDS IN TAFSIR
23. 12. Quranic Exegesis in the Malay World: In Search of a Profile 257
24. 13. Qur'an Recitation Training in Indonesia: A Survey of Contexts and Handbooks 288
25. 14. Abu'l-A'la Mawdudi's Tafhim al-Qur'an 307
26. GENERAL INDEX 325
27. INDEX OF QURANIC CITATIONS 331