Publication Date:
2012
abstract:
In order to fully appreciate the role of Qurʾānic exegesis, or tafsīr in Arabic, in the
intellectual and social history of Islam in West Africa, it is necessary to consider its three
fundamental dimensions: didactic (tafsīr as a discipline transmitted within the traditional
networks of Islamic learning), public (the oral performance of tafsīr sessions, especially
during the month of Ramadan), and literary (the composition of written tafsīr texts for a
scholarly audience).
intellectual and social history of Islam in West Africa, it is necessary to consider its three
fundamental dimensions: didactic (tafsīr as a discipline transmitted within the traditional
networks of Islamic learning), public (the oral performance of tafsīr sessions, especially
during the month of Ramadan), and literary (the composition of written tafsīr texts for a
scholarly audience).
Iris type:
2.4 Voce (in dizionario o enciclopedia)
List of contributors:
Brigaglia, A
Book title:
Oxford Islamic Studies Online