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David in the Muslim Tradition - The Bathsheba Affair (Hardcover)
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David in the Muslim Tradition - The Bathsheba Affair (Hardcover)
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In Chapter 38:21-25, the Qur'an relates a very short narrative
about the biblical King David's seeking and receiving God's
forgiveness. The earliest Muslim exegetes interpreted the qur'anic
verses as referring to the Hebrew Bible's story of David's adultery
with Bathsheba, as related in 2 Samuel 12:1-13. Later Muslims,
however, having developed the concept of prophetic impeccability,
radically reinterpreted those verses to show David as innocent of
any wrongdoing since, in the Muslim tradition, he is not only a
king, but a prophet as well. David in the Muslim Tradition: The
Bathsheba Affair outlines the approach of the Qur'an to shared
scriptures, and provides a detailed look at the development of the
exegetical tradition and the factors that influenced such exegesis.
By establishing four distinct periods of exegesis, Khaleel Mohammed
examines the most famous explanations in each stratum to show the
metamorphosis from blame to exculpation. He shows that the Muslim
development is not unique, but is very much in following the Jewish
and Christian traditions, wherein a similar sanitization of David's
image has occurred.
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