This axis gathers 1 instance of the use of this verse in Muhammad Shahrur’s books, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.
The verse text as cited
The People of the Book ask you to bring down to them a book from heaven …
Brief reading
He interprets it as a historical comparison that shows the shift of understanding to a more abstract level in the Muhammadan era.
Axes
- Narrative and historical
- Methodological
Related concepts
- The moral of the stories: 2
Its place in the conceptual network
It serves to connect the story to its moral within the course of the Qur’anic discourse’s development.
The verse’s role in the argument
- Support: 1
Instances of use
- The Book and the Qur’an, p. 410: He interprets it as a comparison between the request of the Jews of Medina and an earlier request from the people of Moses, in order to show the maturity of abstraction in the Muhammadan era.
- Concept: The moral of the stories
- The verse’s function here: Support
- Textual evidence: «{The People of the Book ask you to bring down to them a book from heaven …} (An-Nisa 153).»
Related books
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