Ph.D. (Level 4) Student of the International Institute for Islamic Studies (IIIS), Qum, Iran
10.22034/ًQNS.2023.8110
Abstract
Dr. Muḥammad-ʿAli Rezaei-Esfahāni’s Didgāh-i mutifakkirān-i muʿāṣir-i Qur’ānī: jarayānhā wa naẓarīyihā [The perspective of contemporary Quranic thinkers:currents and theories] (2019) surveys contemporary Quranic thinkers and their interpretive currents and theories. Spanning three chapters, it explores the Quran’s miraculous guidance and its study by modern scholars. Chapter one defines key concepts like “Quran,” “thinker,” and “theory.” Chapter two outlines major Quranic currents: traditional (e.g., Ṭabarī, Ṭabāṭabā’ī), social (e.g., Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn), interdisciplinary/scientific (e.g., Ṭanṭāwī), Quranist (e.g., Subhi Mansur), Salafi/Wahhabi, Enlightenment (e.g., Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd), and Orientalist (e.g., Goldziher), analyzing their strengths, weaknesses, and key works. Chapter three examines influential theories, including Sayyid Jamāl’s social application of the Quran, Motahari’s dynamic ijtihad, Maʿrifat’s baṭn theory, al-Ṣadr’s Manṭaqat al-Firāgh, Imam Khumayni’s time-place ijtihad, Rezaei-Esfahāni’s ʿurf-based tafsir, Imam Khamenei’s Quran-based humanities, and the separation versus unity schools. The book concludes with discussions on scientific miracles and Quranic theorizing methodologies.
Mashhadi, B. (2023). Book Review: Dr. Muḥammad-ʿAli Rezaei-Esfahāni, Didgāh-i mutifakkirān-i muʿāṣir-i Qur’ānī: jarayānhā wa naẓarīyihā [The perspective of contemporary Quranic thinkers: currents and theories]. The Quran: Contemporary Studies, 2(3), 121-127. doi: 10.22034/ًQNS.2023.8110
MLA
Mashhadi, B. . "Book Review: Dr. Muḥammad-ʿAli Rezaei-Esfahāni, Didgāh-i mutifakkirān-i muʿāṣir-i Qur’ānī: jarayānhā wa naẓarīyihā [The perspective of contemporary Quranic thinkers: currents and theories]", The Quran: Contemporary Studies, 2, 3, 2023, 121-127. doi: 10.22034/ًQNS.2023.8110
HARVARD
Mashhadi, B. (2023). 'Book Review: Dr. Muḥammad-ʿAli Rezaei-Esfahāni, Didgāh-i mutifakkirān-i muʿāṣir-i Qur’ānī: jarayānhā wa naẓarīyihā [The perspective of contemporary Quranic thinkers: currents and theories]', The Quran: Contemporary Studies, 2(3), pp. 121-127. doi: 10.22034/ًQNS.2023.8110
CHICAGO
B. Mashhadi, "Book Review: Dr. Muḥammad-ʿAli Rezaei-Esfahāni, Didgāh-i mutifakkirān-i muʿāṣir-i Qur’ānī: jarayānhā wa naẓarīyihā [The perspective of contemporary Quranic thinkers: currents and theories]," The Quran: Contemporary Studies, 2 3 (2023): 121-127, doi: 10.22034/ًQNS.2023.8110
VANCOUVER
Mashhadi, B. Book Review: Dr. Muḥammad-ʿAli Rezaei-Esfahāni, Didgāh-i mutifakkirān-i muʿāṣir-i Qur’ānī: jarayānhā wa naẓarīyihā [The perspective of contemporary Quranic thinkers: currents and theories]. The Quran: Contemporary Studies, 2023; 2(3): 121-127. doi: 10.22034/ًQNS.2023.8110
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