Hüseyin Zamur. Şîa Tefsirinde İsrâiliyat
Hüseyin Zamur. Şîa Tefsirinde İsrâiliyat

Summary/Abstract: The author of the book, Hüseyin Zamur, who deals with the issue of isrāʾīliyyāt in the Shīʿīte tafsīr tradition, made an evaluation specifically about the first seven centuries. In the first chapter, he draws a general picture of the reasons for Isrāʾīliyyāt's transition to Islamic sources, then tries to portray how the issue is seen from the Shīʿa perspective. In the second part, the author evaluates the isrāʾīlī narrations about the prophets and their tribes that were reflected in the Shīʿīte commentaries written in the first seven centuries, while in the third and last chapter, he touches upon the isrāʾīlī narrations regarding various issues, especially creation. This book review first evaluates Zamur’s book and then problematizes the following points: the work does not question the beginning of the criticism of isrāʾīliyyāt in the Shīʿīte tafsīr tradition, it does not fully distinguish between the Shīʿīte/Akhbārī school and the Uṣūli school influenced by Mu‘tazila, and therefore it does not explain the importance of Mu‘tazilī tradition in the background of the criticism of isrāʾīliyyāt in Shīʿa. It is criticized on some procedural and substantive points, such as overlooking the influence of tazili, and lastly, comparing Shīʿīte tafsīrs with the Ahl al-Sunnah in terms of isrāʾīliyyāt, and generally comparing them with later tafsīrs rather than Sunnī works of the same period.

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