The Methodological Influence or Contribution of Orientalism to the Re-Reading and Re-Thinking of Basic Islamic Texts (the Qur’an and the Sunnah)
As is already well-known, especially in the modern period, Orientalism and theories have been used by Orientalists have methodological influence on the re-reading and re-thinking of basic Islamic sources like the Qur’an and hadiths. We can see the remnants of this influence in some aspects of studie...
| Published in: | The Journal of Rotterdam Islamic and Social Sciences |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter, Versita
2015
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The Journal of Rotterdam Islamic and Social Sciences
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| Further subjects: | B
Bible
B Influence B Occidentalism B Orientalism B re-reading B re-thinking B Qur’an B Contribution B rational-scepticism reductionism B Sunnah |
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| Summary: | As is already well-known, especially in the modern period, Orientalism and theories have been used by Orientalists have methodological influence on the re-reading and re-thinking of basic Islamic sources like the Qur’an and hadiths. We can see the remnants of this influence in some aspects of studies related to the Qur’an and the Sunnah in Islamic countries, including Turkey. It is also possible that this influence can be seen as having two different dimensions that diverge according to the points of view the respective scholars take: positive and negative. In this article, we will first try to give very brief information about some terminologies and methods that have been already used by some prominent Orientalists in their analyses of religious texts (the Bible, the Qur’an and hadiths), such hermeneutics, semantics, historical-philological and literary criticism, narrative/narratism. But the rational-analytical method, which is based in many respects on scepticism, is the most important one among these methodologies. According to these scholars, this method especially must be used in any kind of study in the basic Islamic sciences. Ignaz Goldziher, John Wansbrough, Theodore Nöldeke, Joseph Schacht, Günter Lülling, Christian Lüxenberg, Kenneth Cragg, Patricia Crone, G.H. A Juynboll, Michael Cook, Uri Rubin, Andrew Rippin, John Burton are some important representatives of these Western scholars/Orientalists who have used many of these methodologies in one way or another in their studies. After presenting their views, we will look at the scope and limits of this methodological influence on Muslim scholars in Islamic world as general and Turkey in particular. |
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| ISSN: | 2199-6172 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Journal of Rotterdam Islamic and Social Sciences
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