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- Title
AN EVALUATION OF THE IDENTITY OF SĀMİRĪ IN THE QURʾĀN.
- Authors
Altınel, Tolga Savaş
- Abstract
According to the classical Orientalist view, the Qurʾān copies biblical stories and, not infrequently, does so in an incorrect way. The Qurʾānic story of the Golden Calf, with the Sāmirī (Samaritan) character as the protagonist, is given to be an explicit example of this incorrect copying. This paper, however, considers the possibility that the incidents depicted in the story might have happened in a different way from what is described in the Bible. Thus it aims to examine the Biblical version of the story with reference to the Qurʾānic version, but unlike the classical Orientalist view, adopts an unbiased attitude. In this way, an explanation is offered of the etymology of the word "Sāmirī" indicating its possible relation to the concept of "firstborn" as well as to the genealogy of Joseph.
- Subjects
ORIENTALISM in literature; QUR'ANIC criticism; GOLDEN calf (Bible); QUR'AN stories; BIBLICAL figures in literature; JOSEPH (Son of Jacob) -- In the Qur'an
- Publication
Ilahiyat Studies, 2018, Vol 9, Issue 1, p113
- ISSN
1309-1786
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12730/13091719.2018.91.175