Scripture and Exegesis in Early Imāmī-ShiismBRILL, 1999 - 274 pages Since the publication in 1921 of Ignaz Goldziher's "Die Richtungen der islamischen Koransauslegung," which includes a discussion of Im?m? exegesis, no comprehensive work on this topic has appeared. In the intervening years, important Im?m? commentaries on the Qur'?n have become available, making possible a reappraisal of the subject. The present study aims to contribute to this task, primarily by examining the features and methods of Im?m? exegesis. Principally, it offers a description and analysis of the major tenets of Im?m? doctrine, as reflected in the earliest Im?m? works of exegesis and related sources, up to the Major Occultation of the twelfth Imam in 329/941. These include, among others, the belief in a primordial covenant between God and the Sh?'a, and the superhuman and mystical qualities with which the Imams were graced, such as their God-given, infinite knowledge, their intercession on behalf of their community, their immunity from sin and error, etc. Other tenets relate to the attitude of Im?m? Sh?'ism to its enemies, e.g. the duty to denigrate and dissociate from them. These and similar ideas are constant motifs in Im?m? exegesis, and are linked time and again with various Qur'?nic verses. Relying on classical and modern Arabic sources, Sunn? and Sh?'? alike, as well as on a wide range of western research, Meir Bar-Asher sheds new light on the Im?m? methods of exegesis and on the principal Im?m? doctrines as reflected in the early Im?m? exegetical corpus. |
Table des matières
Abridgements of TQ | 38 |
ProtoTQ | 46 |
Abū lNadr Muhammad b Masud alAyyāshī | 56 |
Muhammad b Ibrāhīm b Jafar alNumānī | 63 |
THE PREBUWAYHID SCHOOL OF EXEGESIS | 71 |
THE METHODS OF EXEGESIS | 87 |
The Imams | 93 |
Methods of Exegesis ΙΟΙ | 101 |
Religious Precepts Derived | 190 |
Concluding Remarks | 202 |
The Imami Attitude Toward the Abbāsids | 216 |
TWO UNUSUAL TRADITIONS | 224 |
The Tradition of the Ears of Corn | 232 |
APPENDIX A LIST OF REFERENCES TO RIWĀYAT ABĪ LJĀRŪD | 244 |
Abbreviations | 261 |
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