Arabic Grammar and Qur'ānic Exegesis in Early Islam

Erscheinungsjahr 1993
ISBN: 978-90-04-09845-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 575 g

Reihe: Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics

In this volume the author examines the origins of Arabic linguistics on the basis of the earliest Qur’Änic commentaries (1st half of the 8th century A.D.). The material used includes both edited texts and manuscript commentaries.
Various chapters analyze the exegetical methods of the early commentators (such as MuqÄtil and MuhÌ£ammad al-KalbÄ«) and their use of grammatical terminology. These data are compared with the earliest grammatical treatises (Such as SÄbawayhi and FarrÄ’).
The material presented here constitutes an important source of evidence for the development of linguistic thinking in Islam and the origin of the grammatical schools of Basra and Kufa.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Versteegh, C H M

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie

Über Autor(innen)

Kees Versteegh, Ph.D. (1977), is currently Professor of Arabic and Islam at the University of Nijmegen. His publications deal with the Arabic grammatical tradition and the history of Arabic dialects.