The Meaning of Text in Abu Zayd's Qur'anic Studies and Hirsch Hermeneutics

Abu Zayd, the Egyptian Quranic scholar, in the discussion of meaning and content, lends to Hirsh's theory in the discussion of meaning and meaningfulness. As Hirsch recognizes a meaning and a meaningfulness for each text, Abu Zayd also considers a meaning and a content for texts. Although Abu Zayd state this borrowing from Hersh, but there are crucial differences between their view, in which six similarities and three differences will be mentioned. by a library method, this article has analyzed Hirsh and Abu Zayd's theory, and its purpose and outcome is to express similarities and differences between their theory in the discussion of meaning and content.