The Caliphate of Adam: Theological Politics of the Qurʾānic Term "Ḫalīfa"

This paper studies how medieval Sunnite Muslim exegetes from al-Ṭabarī (d. 310/923) to Ibn Kaṯīr (d. 774/1373) understood the Qurʾānic term ḫalīfa and other Ḫ.L.F-derived terms. While previous scholarship has examined how exegetes generally understood the term, this paper scrutinizes the exegetical...

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Main Author: Liew, Han Hsien (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Arabica
Year: 2016, Volume: 63, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 1-29
Further subjects:B Coran exégèse tafsīr califat ḫalīfa pensée politique Adam renaissance sunnite
B Qurʾān exegesis tafsīr caliphate ḫalīfa political thought Adam Sunni Revival
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