Tafsir Feminis: Antara Rekonstruksi Tafsiran Mesra-Gender atau Huraian Pseudo-Ilmiah

Abstract

This research tends to discuss on the feminist exegesis, a method which is emerging in the field of current discourse. It proposes new type of interpretations that prone to deconstruct the classical scholars' exegesis which are perceived as misogynistic and at the same time tends to propose and reconstruct a gender-friendly interpretation. In order to obtain those objectives, some example of exegetical works, range from the medieval and contemporary exegeses, from the traditionalists to the feminists' streams of exegeses being selected and compared. This analysis based on the issue of women's inheritance rights. Result from this research shows that there are divergences between both exegetical streams due to the differences in their exegetical methodologies that are being adopted. Although feminist exegesis method tries to present the new interpretation within the gender-equal orientation, but their methodology does not consider the authentic discipline of the Quran exegesis.