The Qur'an

Contents: Introduction; The beginnings of the Qur'anic exegesis, Claude Gilliot; The early development of Tafsir, Nabia Abbott; Old Muslim opposition against interpretation of the Qur'an, Harris Birkeland; From Midrash to scripture: the sacrifice of Abraham in early Islamic tradition, Norman Calder; Ibn 'Abbas's Al-lughar fi'l-Qur'an, Andrew Rippin; Ibn 'Abbas's Gharib al-Qur'an, Andrew Rippin; Poetry citation as interpretive illustration in Qur'an exegesis: Masa'il Nafi' ibn al-Azraq, Issa J. Boullata; The dogmatic religious stance of the grammarian Yahya ibn Ziyad al-Farra, Edmund Beck; The treatment of qira'at by the second and third century grammarians, Ramzi Baalbaki; Maturidi and his Kitab Ta'wilat al-Qur'an, Manfred GA?tz; Religious influences on medieval Arabic philology, Lothar Kopf; Majaz al-qur'an: periphrastic exegesis, John Wansbrough; The early meaning of majaz and the nature of Abu 'Ubayda's exegesis, Ella Almagor; Muhkamat and mutashabihat (Koran 3/7): implications of a Koranic pair of terms in medieval exegesis, Leah Kinberg; Some remarks on the Qisas al-Anbiya' works in Arabic literature, JA!n Pauliny; The term 'Khalifa' in early exegetical literature, Wadad al-Qadi; Those are the high-flying cranes?, John Burton; Index.