Examination of John Wansbrough’s Approach to the Classification of Qur’anic Commentary in the Context of Claims of Origin Cover Image

John Wansbrough’un Kur’ân Tefsirlerinin Tasnifine Yönelik Yaklaşımının Köken İddiaları Bağlamında İncelenmesi
Examination of John Wansbrough’s Approach to the Classification of Qur’anic Commentary in the Context of Claims of Origin

Author(s): Ayşe Uzun
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, Qur’anic studies
Published by: Sakarya üniversitesi
Keywords: Tafsīr; Classification; John Wansbrough; Interaction; Historiography;

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the classification of the material produced by the tradition of Islamic tafsīr. The exegesis of the Qur’an has been classified in various ways. A chronological classification has been made by listing the tafsīrs written from the time the tafsīr first appeared until today. The chronology is followed from the beginning of the Qur’anic exegesis, that is, the Prophet’s interpretation of the Qur’an, to the contemporary exegetical works. The time after the commentary of the Prophet, the Prophet’s companions (ṣaḥāba), and their followers (tābiʿūn) can be classified according to centuries, or it can be classified by taking into account the political and economic events that had an impact on the history of Islamic culture. For example, when we classify the tafsīrs as the tafsīr of the Abbasid period, the tafsīr studies of the Umayyad period, the tafsīr literature created by the Fatimids and the Ayyubids, the tafsīr works written by the Andalusian Umayyads, the tafsīrs developed by the Mamluks and the Ottomans, we will make a chronological classification by centering the regime established by the political authorities. It is also possible to classify tafsīrs based on geography only

  • Issue Year: 24/2022
  • Issue No: 46
  • Page Range: 421-449
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Turkish