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Gender Hierarchy in the Qur'an - Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses (Paperback)
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Gender Hierarchy in the Qur'an - Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
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This book explores how medieval and modern Muslim religious
scholars ('ulama') interpret gender roles in Qur'anic verses on
legal testimony, marriage, and human creation. Citing these verses,
medieval scholars developed increasingly complex laws and
interpretations upholding a male-dominated gender hierarchy;
aspects of their interpretations influence religious norms and
state laws in Muslim-majority countries today, yet other aspects
have been discarded entirely. Karen Bauer traces the evolution of
their interpretations, showing how they have been adopted, adapted,
rejected, or replaced over time, by comparing the Qur'an with a
wide range of Qur'anic commentaries and interviews with prominent
religious scholars from Iran and Syria. At times, tradition is
modified in unexpected ways: learned women argue against gender
equality, or Grand Ayatollahs reject sayings of the Prophet, citing
science instead. This innovative and engaging study highlights the
effects of social and intellectual contexts on the formation of
tradition, and on modern responses to it.
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