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Religion has a strong relationship to exegesis, both conceptually and historically. Conceptually, religion is assumed to be an ?exegetic community,? therefore, the study of religion is basically the interpretation of exegesis. Historically, religion represents diverse interpretations from human beings closely related to the historical background of each perspective, even though the clash or pressure often rises up among the followers of same religious tradition. For example, the orthodox and the liberal adherents have different interpretation of their own religion (Aliade, 1987: 280; Siregar, 2005: 15). In the context of Quranic interpretation, Tafsir and Quranic studies can be viewed as an effort to develop the Qur??nic interpretation at the present time in order to respond the challenges of the epoch.
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