A Traditional Mu'tazilite Qur'ān Commentary

The Kashshāf of Jār Allāh al-Zamakhsharī (d.538/1144)

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ID19916258
AuthorsAndrew Lane (0000-0002-1539-1628, corresponding author)
Year2006
Publication date2006-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueA Traditional Mu'tazilite Qur'ān Commentary (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789047417767
OpenAlexW4232983405
ISBN9789047417767
LanguageEN
Citations received13

This book deals with the life and work of Jār Allāh al-Zamakhsharī (d. 538/144). The greater part of it, however, is devoted to an examination of his Qurʾān commentary, al-Kashshāf. The book is divided into five chapters, supplemented by nine appendices. After a chapter on the author’s life and writings (an annotated list of which is given in an appendix), there follow four chapters that focus on the Kashshāf itself. These deal with the history of the text, its structure and method, the traditions it contains and the sources the author relied on for it. Although both al-Zamakhsharī’s name and the title of his commentary are well known, very little is actually known about either the author or the work. This book presents a more complete and nuanced picture of each

Focus (optics) · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History

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