Chapter 1: Contemporary Approaches to the Quran: Context and Interpretationby Abdullah SaeedChapter 2: Do We Have a Theory of Exegesis? by asan anafiChapter 3: The Quran--The World as a Signby Nar amid Abu ZaydChapter 4: Prophetic Reading of the Worldby Muammad Mujtahed ShabestariChapter 5: How Contextual are the Quran and I? by Mehmet PaçaciChapter 6: Contextuality of Quranic Discourse and Objective Meaning of Historical Discourseby Ömer ÖzsoyChapter 7: A Perspective on Hermeneuticsby M. Quraish ShihabChapter 8: Modernist Reading of the Quran and Connected Creativityby aha Abd al-RamanChapter 9: Indonesian Muslim Responses to Use of Hermeneutics in Studying the Quran and Tafsir : A Critical Assessmentby Yusuf RahmanChapter 10: Family Affairs and Exegetical Disagreements--Inheritanceby Naila al-Sillini al-RawiChapter 11: Reconsideration of Meaning of Qia by Sedigheh VasmaghiChapter 12: Interfaith Marriage--A Model for Women's Tafsir by Siti Musdah MuliaChapter 13: Understanding the Quran's Criticisms of Other Religionsby Mun'im Sirry.