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Sufi Hermeneutics: The Qur'an Commentary of Rashid Al-Din Maybudi
The author explores the interplay between scriptural exegesis and mystical doctrine in a twelfth-century Sufi commentary on the Qur'an. Previously little-known outside the Persian-speaking world, it is increasingly recognized as a key work in the development of Sufi Qur'anic interpretation.
| Author(s) | By Annabel Keeler (Affiliated Researcher, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 408 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 26 Oct 2017 |
| Availability | Not yet available |
The author explores the interplay between scriptural exegesis and mystical doctrine in a twelfth-century Sufi commentary on the Qur'an. Previously little-known outside the Persian-speaking world, it is increasingly recognized as a key work in the development of Sufi Qur'anic interpretation.
Annabel Keeler is an Affiliated Researcher at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and a Research Associate of Wolfson College, both at the University of Cambridge. Her research interests include Sufi exegesis, early to 'classical' Islamic myst
