Theological Approaches to Qur'anic Exegesis

This book provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the various schools of Qur'anic exegesis, from the earliest periods through to the present day.

Hussein Abdul-Raof is a Professor of Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts, University of Taibah, Saudi Arabia. His research interests lie in Arabic and Qur'anic linguistics and rhetoric, Qur'anic studies and Qur'anic textual analysis.

Introduction 1. School of Traditional Exegesis (al-tafsir bil-ma'thur) 2. School of Personal Opinion Exegesis (al-tafsir bil-ra'i) 3. School of Linguistic Exegesis 4. Comparative-Contrastive Exegesis 5. Contextual and Co-Textual Relevance in Qur'anic Exegesis