Navigating Ambiguity through Inter-Scriptural Exegesis: Illustrations from the Joseph Story in the Bible and the Qur'ān
In this essay I address the topic of ambiguity and inter-scriptural exegesis by focusing on the Joseph story in the Bible and the Qur'ān. I consider three ways in which reading the Bible and the Qur'ān together can help in navigating the ambiguity inherent in the narrative: the Bible disam...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Peeters
2022
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Studies in interreligious dialogue
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 135-153 |
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Summary: | In this essay I address the topic of ambiguity and inter-scriptural exegesis by focusing on the Joseph story in the Bible and the Qur'ān. I consider three ways in which reading the Bible and the Qur'ān together can help in navigating the ambiguity inherent in the narrative: the Bible disambiguating the Qur'ān; the Qur'ān shedding light on possible solutions to Biblical ambiguity; and parallel disambiguation wherein both the Bible and the Qur᾿ān are almost equally ambiguous on the same episodes but can, nonetheless, illuminate each other’s ambiguity. By revisiting this story from the perspective of inter-scriptural exegesis, I attempt to show the exegetical utility of this comparative reading and, ultimately, to bring such reading to bear on current methods of inter-religious dialogue. |
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ISSN: | 1783-1806 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in interreligious dialogue
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/SID.32.2.3291406 |