David in the Muslim Tradition

The Bathsheba Affair

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

In Chapter 38:21-25, the Qur’an relates a very short narrative about the biblical King David’s seeking and receiving God’s forgiveness. The earliest Muslim exegetes interpreted the qur’anic verses as referring to the Hebrew Bible’s story of David’s adultery with Bathsheba, as related in 2 Samuel 12:1-13. Later Muslims, however, having developed the concept of prophetic impeccability, radically reinterpreted those verses to show David as innocent of any wrongdoing since, in the Muslim tradition, he is not only a king, but a prophet as well. David in the Muslim Tradition: The Bathsheba Affair outlines the approach of the Qur’an to shared scriptures, and provides a detailed look at the development of the exegetical tradition and the factors that influenced such exegesis. By establishing four distinct periods of exegesis, Khaleel Mohammed examines the most famous explanations in each stratum to show the metamorphosis from blame to exculpation. He shows that the Muslim development is not unique, but is very much in following the Jewish and Christian traditions, wherein a similar sanitization of David’s image has occurred.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-12-24
Mått:164 x 236 x 22 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:238
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739197158

Utforska kategorier

Islam inom Filosofi och religion
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Koranen inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Khaleel Mohammed is professor of religious studies at San Diego State University.

Recensioner i media

Khaleel Mohammed’s book, David in the Muslim Tradition.... helps to reveal the “biblical subtext” of the Qur?an. Mohammed shows how Muslim interpretations shifted over time from acknowledging David’s sin, to granting it was a minor error, to finally absolving David of any transgression. Mohammed identifies three reasons for this shift in attitude: (1) an increasing skepticism toward material of Jewish and/or Christian origins (isra?iliyyat); (2) the rise of the doctrine of prophetic inerrancy (); and (3) the doctrine of the corruption of earlier biblical scriptures (ta?rif). He demonstrates that Islamic creedal principles and skepticism regarding other sources led to the declining importance of the Bible as a source for Muslim commentators.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Formative PeriodChapter 3: The Golden Age of Classical Tafsir: al-?A?r al-DhahabiChapter 4: The Era of the Qur’anic SupercommentariesChapter 5: From Modernity to Late ModernityChapter 6: From Flawed to Flawless: The Evolving David of Judaism and ChristianityChapter 7: Conclusion