Nasr Abu Zayd
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Nasr Abu Zayd
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Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd was an Egyptian Quranic thinker, author, academic and one of the leading liberal theologians in Islam. He is famous for his project of a humanistic Quranic hermeneutics, which "challenged mainstream views" on the Quran, sparking "controversy and debate." While not denying that the Quran was of divine origin, Zayd argued that it was a "cultural product" that had to be read in the context of the language and culture of seventh century Arabs, and could be interpreted in more tha
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Egyptian Quranic thinker, author, and academic (1943-2010)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasr_Abu_Zayd
date created:
2004-11-12T16:18:01Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T19:56:15Z
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