The Quran

This volume is one of two edited by Andrew Rippin which are designed to complement one another, and to comprehend the principal trends in modern scholarship on the Quran. Both volumes are provided with a new introduction by the editor, analysing this scholarship, and providing references for further study. The Quran: Formative Interpretation is concerned with the questions that have been addressed within the study of the early interpretation (tafsir) of the Quran. These papers exemplify the areas of debate within the field, the need for detailed investigative scholarship of individual texts, and the progress made in the systematic study of these early works.