{"product_id":"between-god-and-history-rahel-fischbach-9783111335407","title":"Between God and History: Politics of Modern Muslim Qur'an Hermeneutics","description":"\u003cp\u003e This book examines the political nature of contemporary Muslim Qur'ān Hermeneutics. In particular, it examines how a historical view of scripture - developed and canonized in a Western academic context - is debated by Muslim thinkers today. I argue that methodological discussions about the Qur'ān are used to negotiate farther-reaching ethical concerns, both societal and political. They hence offer a window into socio-religious change today. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Proponents of historical hermeneutics often consider them universally applicable - as a remedy for the partialities of tradition and a vehicle for progress. They interpret any opposition in binary categories: modern-premodern, outsider-insider, objective-subjective. Viewing the Qur'ān as a political object, however, sheds new light on these debates. The author contends that reading the Qur'ān as literature or as a historical document does not merely hinge on method or qur'ānic ontology but also on conceptions of human nature. Dissonances regarding epistemology and human nature lead to different sensibilities \u003cem\u003evis-à-vis\u003c\/em\u003e the Qur'ān. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Examining in detail debates over historical Qur'ān hermeneutics is meant to discern ways for a rapprochement between Western academic and Islamic qur'ānic studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rahel Fischbach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3111335402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783111335407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Rahel Fischbach","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46526377558271,"sku":"9783111335407","price":117.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_51a5fc6b-092b-4d44-8ce7-79f3695c721b.jpg?v=1737556009","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/between-god-and-history-rahel-fischbach-9783111335407","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}