yearbookjapanЕжегодник ЯпонияYearbook Japan2687-14322687-1440Association of Japanologists and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences10.55105/2687-1440-2025-54-194-217yearbookjapan-484Research ArticleКУЛЬТУРАCULTUREСемантический метод изучения Корана Идзуцу Тосихико: критика и наследиеIzutsu Toshihiko’s Semantic Method of Qur’anic Studies: Criticism and Legacyhttps://orcid.org/0009-0009-5523-1280КулиеваЛ. Ш.KulievaL. S.

Кулиева Лейла Шахин кызы, лаборант-исследователь, сотрудник

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Kulieva Leyla Shahin kyzy, Research Assistant, Associate

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Идзуцу Тосихико (1914–1993) – выдающийся японский ученый-исламовед, чье научное наследие охватывает коранистику, философию, теологию, суфизм, историю и культурологию. В статье прослеживается его путь от изучения арабского языка до становления исламоведом мирового уровня. Основное внимание уделяется «ядру» его научной деятельности – методологическому вкладу в изучение семантики Корана. Центральным объектом исследования является разработанный Идзуцу оригинальный семантический метод, основанный на трудах западных лингвистов (В. фон Гумбольдт, Б. Л. Уорф, Й. Л. Вайсгербер, Э. Сепир). Идзуцу предложил новые перспективы анализа Корана через изучение и погружение в его «языковую картину мира» (Weltanschauung).

В работе детально рассматривается метод Идзуцу, изложенный в его основополагающих трудах “God and Man in the Koran” (1964 г.) и “EthicoReligious Concepts in the Qur’an” (1966 г., переиздание 2002) и включающий: анализ динамических «семантических полей» коранической лексики (таких как куфр, ислам, иман) в доисламском контексте и их эволюции в ходе Откровения; исследование исторической трансформации значений ключевых этико-религиозных терминов; изучение связи между языковыми структурами и формированием уникального религиозного мировоззрения Корана.

Также представлена критика методологии Идзуцу: позитивная – от Абд ар-Рахмана Хилали и Самира Рашвани (Университет Алеппо); негативная – от Сейеда Хамидреза Миразими (Тегеранский университет), Афрасиаба Салехи и Мохалада Наджи Камиля (Университет Ти-Кар, Ирак). В конце приводятся примеры современного применения метода Идзуцу на примере анализа терминов истива и сафф.

Toshihiko Izutsu (1914–1993) was an eminent Japanese scholar of Islamic studies whose academic legacy in the field encompasses Qur’anic studies, philosophy, theology, Sufism, history, and cultural studies. The article traces his intellectual trajectory from studying Arabic to his emergence as a worldclass Islamicist. Its primary focus is the core of his scholarly contribution – his methodological innovations in Qur’anic semantics. Central to this examination is the original semantic method developed by Izutsu, grounded in the works of Western linguists (W. von Humboldt, B. L. Whorf, J. L. Weisgerber, E. Sapir). Professor Izutsu proposed novel perspectives for analyzing the Qur’an through the study and immersion into its “linguistic worldview” (Weltanschauung). The work provides a detailed analysis of Izutsu’s method as expounded in his seminal works God and Man in the Koran (1964) and Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Qur’an (1966, new edition 2002), encompassing the analysis of dynamic “semantic fields” within Qur’anic vocabulary (e.g., kufr, islām, īmān) in their pre-Islamic context and their evolution during the Revelation; the investigation of the historical transformation of key ethicо-religious terms’ meanings; and the study of the intrinsic connection between linguistic structures and the formation of the unique religious worldview of Qur’an. Criticism of Izutsu’s methodology is also presented, including positive critique from Abd al-Rahman Hilali and Samir Rashwani (University of Aleppo), alongside negative critique from Seyyed Hamidreza Mirazimi (School of Islam and Islamic Thought, University of Tehran), Afrasiyab Salehi, and Mohalad Naji Kamil (University of Thi-Qar, Iraq). The study concludes with examples of the contemporary application of Izutsu’s method to the analysis of the Qur’anic terms istiwā and saff.

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