Moses in the Quran and Islamic exegesis

Brannon M. Wheeler

This work draws upon a host of late antique and medieval sources to examine selected Muslim exegesis of Moses in the Qur'an. The Muslim exegetical image of Moses int he Qur'an is linked with the ancient Sumerian stories of Gilgamesh, various versions of the Alexander Romance (Ethiopic, Syriac, Persian), Aramaic translations of the Abraham story in Genesis, and Rabbinic accounts of the Ten Lost Tribes in the Talmud and the Midrash. Muslim exegetes associate Moses with the Jacob story in Genesis, Dhu al-Qarnayn's visit to the cities at the ends of the Earth, and the Prophet Muhammad as caretaker in the Garden of Eden. In doing so, the Muslim exegetes do not confuse and mistake earlier sources, but they intentionally use non-Qur'anic elements thick in Biblical allusions to delineate a particular image of Moses, the Torah, and the Israelites. It is an image of Moses, drawn in contrast to the Biblical and Jewish image of Moses, that the Muslim exegetes use to identify and authorize themselves as linked to the different image of the Prophet Muhammad. Using approaches from Biblical Studies, History of Religions, Folklore Studies, and Jewish-Arabic Studies, this book suggests, for a limited case, how Muslim exegesis of the Qur'an is purposeful in its appropriation ad adaptation of elements consonant with Jewish and Christian interpretation and theology of the Bible.

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[目次]

  • Introduction Part I. Focusing on Q 18:60-83, the only Qur'anic Moses narrative that does not seem to have a Biblical Parralel 1. Examination of the claim that Q 18:65-83 is derived from an earlier oral Jewish source as identified by a number of scholars, including Ginzburg and Wensinck 2. "Moses or Alexander?" Raises the issues of the identification of both Moses and Alexander with the Qur'anic figure "Dur al-Qarnayn" (horned one) Part 2. Focusing on Q 28:21-28, Moses in Midian and his association with the Prophet Jacob 3. "Moses at Jacob's Well". Analyzes the conflation of Moses at Midian Part 3. Focusing on the exegetical association of Dhu al-Qarnayn with the Prophet Abraham 4. "Well of Beersheba and the Water of Life". 5. "Duh al-Qarnayn and the Water of Life" 6. Conclusion "Duh al-Qarnayn and the Prophet Muhammed".

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書名 Moses in the Quran and Islamic exegesis
著作者等 Wheeler, Brannon M.
Wheeler Brannon M. (University of Washington Seattle USA)
シリーズ名 RoutledgeCurzon studies in the Quran
出版元 RoutledgeCurzon
刊行年月 2002
ページ数 viii, 228 p.
大きさ 25 cm
ISBN 0700716033
NCID BA59957783
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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