Studying the Qur'an in the Muslim Academy examines what it is like to study and teach the Qur'an at academic institutions in the Muslim world, and how politics affect scholarly interpretations of the text. Guided by the author's own journey as a student, university lecturer, and researcher in Iran, Malaysia, and New Zealand, this book provides vivid accounts of the complex academic politics he encountered. Majid Daneshgar describes the selective translation and editing of Edward Said's classic work Orientalism into various Islamic languages, and the way Said's work is weaponized to question the credibility of contemporary Western-produced scholarship in Islamic studies. Daneshgar also examines networks of journals, research centers, and universities in both Sunni and Shia contexts, and looks at examples of Quranic interpretation there. Ultimately, he offers a constructive program for enriching Islamic studies by fusing the best of Western theories with the best philological practices developed in Muslim academic contexts, aimed at encouraging respectful but critical engagement with the Qur'an.

武英殿修书处是清朝的中央刻书机构，于康熙十九年（1680）十一月设立，后随清王朝覆亡而消失，延续了二百三十二年。武英殿修书处隶属内务府，专门为皇室服务，人员众多，除了技术高超的刻工，不乏诸多翰林和位高权重的大臣。这保证了武英殿所刻书在内容与装帧上都堪称精品。乾隆四年刊刻的《十三经注疏》便是其代表作之一。清乾隆皇帝有感于《十三经注疏》“岁月经久，梨枣日就漫漶”，敕其弟弘昼为监理，鄂尔泰、张廷玉为总阅，张照、方苞等为总裁，以明北监本《十三经注疏》为底本，重加校勘、雕版。后世称为武英殿《十三经注疏》。
武英殿《十三经注疏》计三百四十七卷，其中《周易注疏》十四卷、《尚书注疏》十九卷、《毛诗注疏》三十卷、《周礼注疏》四十二卷、《仪礼注疏》十七卷、《礼记注疏》六十三卷、《春秋左传注疏》六十卷、《春秋公羊传注疏》二十八卷、《春秋谷梁传注疏》二十卷、《论语注疏》二十卷、《孝经注疏》九卷、《尔雅注疏》十一卷、《孟子注疏》十四卷。每书涵括经、注、音义、疏四部分，均施句读，卷末亦多附考证。
其特色足以从五个方面述之：一，武英殿本是历史上独一的经、注、疏、释文四者俱全的《十三经注疏》刻本。二，武英殿本校勘认真，改正了以往不少错误，是错误较少的一个版本。三，武英殿本首次为《十三经注疏》全文施加断句。四，武英殿本各卷末附有“考证”，在十三经注疏刊刻史上应当是首开其例。五，武英殿本刊刻精工，为清内府刻本的代表之一。
武英殿《十三经注疏》刊刻之后，于时流传未广。至同治十年，广东书局始据以重刊，至今则已留存不丰。当今学术昌盛，我社择其原刻，将其影印，再彰其徽，以为学术研究添薪加柴。

所谓“群经义疏”，是指唐代孔颖达、宋代邢昺等人为儒家经书所撰“正义”和“疏”；宋本义疏包括宋刊单疏本、八行本、十行本三套丛刊；编校与刊印则涵盖了版本从孕育、诞生到面世的全过程。本书具体讨论群经义疏这三套丛刊，各自选择何种底本，如何编纂，怎样校勘，刊于何时何地，曾刻几种，在何时何地补版，文本发生了怎样的变化，大约到何时不再印刷。期待通过这些研究与思考，对义疏读者有所裨益，同时对“书”的生命历程获得更丰富的理解。

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