Strange bedfellows: Qurʾan interpretation regarding same-sex female intercourse
Some twentieth-century interpreters assert that the Qurʾan forbids same-sex female intercourse. Neo-traditional Shiʿi and Sunni interpreters converge on this point, even as they diverge from their respective traditions in tafsir, innovate in interpretive strategies, and ignore Arabic grammar. Their...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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Theology & sexuality
Année: 2016, Volume: 22, Numéro: 1/2, Pages: 9-24 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Koran. Sure an-Nisaʾ 15-16
/ Tafsîr
/ Lesbianisme
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| RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam FD Théologie contextuelle NCF Éthique sexuelle |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Punishment
B Homosexuality B Rashid Rida (1865-1935) B Abrogation (naskh) B Ayatollah Khui (1899-1992) B Qurʾan B interpretation (tafsir) B Lesbian B Abu Muslim al-Isfahani (died 934) B Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (died 1209) |
| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | Some twentieth-century interpreters assert that the Qurʾan forbids same-sex female intercourse. Neo-traditional Shiʿi and Sunni interpreters converge on this point, even as they diverge from their respective traditions in tafsir, innovate in interpretive strategies, and ignore Arabic grammar. Their assertions raise questions about the nature of the Qurʾan, methods of interpreting it, and its status as scripture in contradistinction to hadith and opinion of early authorities. This article compares neo-traditional interpretation of Qurʾan 4:15-16 by Ayatollah Khui and Rashid Rida with a range of tafsir texts to reveal the contradictions between answers offered by a variety of scholars, modern and medieval, female and male, Shiʿi and Sunni. |
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| ISSN: | 1355-8358 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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