Download or read book Aims, Methods and Contexts of Qur'anic Exegesis (2nd/8th-9th/15th Centuries) written by Karen Bauer and published by OUP. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays by leading scholars of the Qur'an and Qur'an commentary (tafsīr), looking at the theoretical aims, practical methods, and contexts of tafsīr from 2nd/8th-9th/15th centuries. The volume includes primary source material, in the form of editions and translations of the introductions to two works of tafsīr.