Exploring Misogyny in Modern Muslim Societies: The Influence of Greek Philosophy on Qur’anic Exegesis

IF 0.4 2区 哲学 0 RELIGION Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/09596410.2023.2166726
Ismail Lala
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ABSTRACT Numerous sociological studies indicate that the societal perception of women in Muslim countries is generally poor. These perceptions, argue the promulgators of such ideas, are based on the Qur’an. There is, nevertheless, no consensus on the interpretation of the qur’anic verses that supposedly promote such views. One of the main sources of negative perceptions of women is the Hellenistic learning that permeated the corpus of qur’anic commentaries. This article explores the influence of the translation movement on the exegetical tradition. There is a marked difference between the earliest qur’anic commentaries, written before the works of Aristotle and Galen were translated into Arabic by around 850 AD, and those that came after. While the former show relatively little in the way of androcentric interpretations of the Qur’an, the latter adopt Aristotelian and Galenic views of women’s ontological inferiority due to increased coldness and wetness, and use these to justify patriarchal interpretations.
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探讨现代穆斯林社会中的厌女症:希腊哲学对古兰经解经的影响
大量社会学研究表明,穆斯林国家对女性的社会认知普遍较差。这种观念的传播者认为,这些观念是基于《古兰经》的。然而,对古兰经经文的解释没有达成共识,这些经文被认为促进了这种观点。对女性的负面看法的主要来源之一是渗透在古兰经注释语料库中的希腊化学习。本文探讨了翻译运动对训诂学传统的影响。最早的《古兰经》注释是在亚里士多德和盖伦的著作在公元850年左右被翻译成阿拉伯语之前写成的,与之后的注释有明显的不同。前者对《古兰经》的男性中心主义解释相对较少,后者则采用亚里士多德和盖伦的观点,认为由于寒冷和潮湿的增加,女性在本体论上是自卑的,并用这些来证明男权主义的解释是正确的。
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期刊介绍: Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations (ICMR) provides a forum for the academic exploration and discussion of the religious tradition of Islam, and of relations between Islam and other religions. It is edited by members of the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom. The editors welcome articles on all aspects of Islam, and particularly on: •the religion and culture of Islam, historical and contemporary •Islam and its relations with other faiths and ideologies •Christian-Muslim relations. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations is a refereed, academic journal. It publishes articles, documentation and reviews.
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