A Traditional Mu'tazilite Qur'an Commentary: The Kashshaf of Jar Allah al-Zamakhshari (d. 538/1144).(Book review) From: The Journal of the American Oriental Society | Date: July 1, 2006| Author: Bauer, Karen | COPYRIGHT 2006 American Oriental Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A Traditional Mu'tazilite Qur'an Commentary: The Kashshaf of Jar Allah al-Zamakhshari (d. 538/1144). By ANDREW LANE. Texts and Studies in the Qur'an, vol. 2. Leiden: BRILL, 2006. Pp. xxiv + 418. $183.

One of the problems facing scholars of tafsir and theology is that al-Zamakhshari's acknowledged Mu'tazilism does not seem to have diminished the popularity of his Qur'anic commentary among non-Mu'tazilite scholars. The demand for al-Kashshaf remained high, despite vehemen...