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Names: McCoy, Roy Michael, III, 1978â author.
Title: Interpreting the QurʼaÌn with the Bible (TafsiÌr al-QurʼaÌn bi-l-KitaÌb) : reading the Arabic bible in the tafsiÌrs of Ibn BarragÌaÌn and al-BiqaÌÊ»iÌ / by R. Michael McCoy III.
Other titles: TafsiÌr al-QurʼaÌn bi-l-KitaÌb
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022. | Series: Biblia arabica, 2213â6401 ; vol. 7 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021028135 (print) | LCCN 2021028136 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004445819 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004466821 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: QurʼanâRelation to the Bible. | QurʼanâCommentaries. | Ibn BarraǧaÌn, Ê»Abd al-SalaÌm ibn Ê»Abd al-RahÌ£maÌn ibn MuhÌ£ammad, â1141. IÌdÌ£aÌhÌ£ al-hÌ£ikmah bi-ahÌ£kaÌm al-Ê»ibrah. | BiqaÌÊ»iÌ, IbraÌhiÌm ibn Ê»Umar, 1406 or 1407â1480. NazÌ£m al-durar fiÌ tanaÌsub al-aÌyaÌt wa-al-suwar.
Classification: LCC BP134.B4 M36 2021 (print) | LCC BP134.B4 (ebook) | DDC 297.1/227âdc23
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