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    Revelation and Qurʾānic hermeneutics: an analysis of four contemporary discourses
    Akbar, Ali ( 2017)
    This thesis explores a specific trend of reform in contemporary Islamic scholarship by engaging with four accounts of revelation presented by Rahman, Soroush, Shabestari and Abu Zayd. It examines the extent to which the theory of revelation presented by each of these scholars facilitates greater flexibility in Qurʾānic interpretation at both a theoretical and a practical level. It concludes that adhering to a particular understanding of revelation can influence, in certain important respects, one’s approach to interpreting the Qurʾān.