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Title: The People of the Book, ahl al-kitāb

The People of the Book, ahl al-kitāb

A Comparative Theological Exploration

by Richard Kimball (Author)
©2019 Monographs VIII, 334 Pages
Theology & Philosophy
Series: Studies in Theology, Society and Culture, Volume 14

Summary

This book offers a comparative theological exploration of the challenges and opportunities presented by the Qur’ānic representation of Christianity as the People of the Book, ahl al-kitāb, in the Qur’ānic commentary tradition. The research is divided into three parts. The first part explores the Qur’ānic understanding of the People of the Book through traditional Islamic exegesis, known as tafsīr, of four Islamic scholars whose work spans more than a thousand years. Part two takes a closer look at the pre-Islamic period, the occasion of revelation of the Qur’ān as well as the Arabic speaking Christian response to Islam in the post-conquest period. Part Three explores the modern use of the term People of the Book by several scholars in the context of our increasingly interconnected and pluralist societies.

Table Of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • About the author
  • About the book
  • This eBook can be cited
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I A Critical Study of Qur’ānic Christians in Islamic Tafsīr
  • Chapter 1 Ahl al-Kitāb: The Qur’ānic People of the Book
  • Part II Challenging the Constructs: Expanding Tafsīr of the Qur’ānic People of the Book
  • Chapter 2 Beyond Al-jāhiliyya: The Social and Historical Context of the People of the Book in Pre-Islamic Arabia
  • Chapter 3 Resisting the Construct: Post-Conquest Christian Theological Responses to Islam
  • Part III Contemporary Refiguring of the People of the Book
  • Chapter 4 Contemporary Islamic Use of the Term “People of the Book”
  • Chapter 5 Contemporary Muslim-Christian Engagement with the People of the Book
  • Conclusions: Challenges and Opportunities
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Index of Qur’ānic verses
  • Series Index

Details

Pages
VIII, 334
Publication Year
2019
ISBN (Softcover)
9781788742689
ISBN (PDF)
9781788742696
ISBN (ePUB)
9781788742702
ISBN (MOBI)
9781788742719
DOI
10.3726/b13220
Language
English
Publication date
2019 (March)
Keywords
exegesis theology Richard Kimball The People of the Book ahl al-kitāb interfaith Muslim-Christian dialogue context fitra sahabah taqlīd tafsīr People of the Book
Published
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, New York, Wien, 2019. VIII, 334 pp.
Product Safety
Peter Lang Group AG

Biographical notes

Richard Kimball (Author)

Dr. Richard Lawrence Kimball is a founding member of the Galway Interfaith Alliance. His interest in Muslim Christian relations began while serving as a U. S. Peace Corps volunteer in Gabes, Tunisia in the 1980s. Here he came into contact with the Christian community of southern Tunisia and in particularly Père Dominique Tommy-Martin of the White Fathers of Africa who has inspired Richard. Père Dominique taught Richard, as well as many others throughout his more than 60 years of ministry, that it is indeed possible to be Christian and to love and respect Islam. He recently received his PhD in Philosophy from the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College, Dublin. Richard is currently working on an English translation of Al-Tabari’s Jāmiʿ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl āy al-Qurʾān with Dr. Ali Selim.

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