TY - JOUR
T1 - Covenant and covenants in the Qur'an
AU - Lumbard, Joseph E.B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Centre of Islamic Studies, SOAS.
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - The question of the covenant in the Old and New Testaments was among the most fertile topics for critically engaged Jewish-Christian dialogue in the twentieth century and has given rise to more pluralistic readings of both the Old and New Testaments. But such developments have not occurred in the field of Qur'anic Studies. Nonetheless, the idea of the covenant is central to the Qur'anic conception of humanity and of religious history. Discussions of the covenant are prevalent in the text itself and in the commentary tradition, in which many issues and concepts central to Islam are linked to it. This paper examines the various ways in which the covenant has been treated in the Qur'an and examines how the commentary tradition treats the idea of the covenant ('ahd or mi¯tha¯q), with particular focus on Q. 7:172 and Q. 30:30. It demonstrates how the Qur'anic presentation of the covenant is central to the Qur'anic understanding of human history, the human condition, and the relationships among different religious traditions.
AB - The question of the covenant in the Old and New Testaments was among the most fertile topics for critically engaged Jewish-Christian dialogue in the twentieth century and has given rise to more pluralistic readings of both the Old and New Testaments. But such developments have not occurred in the field of Qur'anic Studies. Nonetheless, the idea of the covenant is central to the Qur'anic conception of humanity and of religious history. Discussions of the covenant are prevalent in the text itself and in the commentary tradition, in which many issues and concepts central to Islam are linked to it. This paper examines the various ways in which the covenant has been treated in the Qur'an and examines how the commentary tradition treats the idea of the covenant ('ahd or mi¯tha¯q), with particular focus on Q. 7:172 and Q. 30:30. It demonstrates how the Qur'anic presentation of the covenant is central to the Qur'anic understanding of human history, the human condition, and the relationships among different religious traditions.
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U2 - 10.3366/jqs.2015.0193
DO - 10.3366/jqs.2015.0193
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84934278069
SN - 1465-3591
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 23
JO - Journal of Qur'anic Studies
JF - Journal of Qur'anic Studies
IS - 2
ER -