TRANSTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF FAMILY OBLIGATIONS IN THE QUR'AN AND THE BIBLE: ANALYSIS ON QS AT-TAHRIM (66:6) AND 1 TIMOTHY 5:8
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Comparative studies of sacred scriptures have generally stopped at identifying thematic similarities between texts, without carefully tracing how one text actually processes and transforms the text that preceded it. This gap forms the background of research on QS At-Tahrim 66:6 and 1 Timothy 5:8, two verses that both address the responsibility of caring for family yet have not been systematically examined in terms of their transformative relationship. This issue is pressing given the vulnerability of modern Indonesian families to disintegration amid a religiously plural society, making cross-scriptural reading a potential contribution to shared value foundations. This study rests on Gérard Genette's theory of transtextuality, particularly the concepts of intertextuality, hypertextuality, and metatextuality, as analytical tools for reading text-to-text relations. The method employed is qualitative library research using close reading of primary texts, the Uthmanic mushaf of the Qur'an and the Indonesian New Translation Bible, supported by classical exegesis such as Ibn Kathir and Pauline commentary. The findings reveal intertextual parallelism in the idea of family responsibility as a marker of authentic faith. However, at the hypertextual level, a significant shift in meaning emerges: the material-ethical dimension in 1 Timothy 5:8 is transformed by the Qur'an into a dimension of eschatological protection and the cultivation of taqwa, so that the biblical trace remains legible as a hypotext that is both corrected and expanded in meaning, a palimpsestic relation that enriches interreligious dialogue.
Keyword: contemporary hermeneutics; hypertextuality; interfaith dialogue; palimpsest; taqwa education
Kajian komparatif antarkitab suci selama ini cenderung berhenti pada penemuan kesamaan tematik antarteks, tanpa menelusuri secara cermat bagaimana satu teks sesungguhnya mengolah dan mentransformasi teks yang mendahuluinya. Kesenjangan inilah yang melatarbelakangi penelitian terhadap QS At-Tahrim 66:6 dan 1 Timotius 5:8, dua ayat yang sama-sama berbicara tentang tanggung jawab memelihara keluarga namun belum dikaji secara sistematis dari sisi relasi transformatifnya. Kajian ini penting mengingat kondisi keluarga modern di Indonesia yang rentan disintegrasi di tengah masyarakat yang plural secara agama, sehingga pembacaan lintas kitab suci berpotensi menyumbang fondasi nilai bersama. Penelitian ini bertumpu pada kerangka teori transteksualitas Gérard Genette, khususnya konsep intertekstualitas, hipertekstualitas, dan metatekstualitas, sebagai pisau analisis untuk membaca relasi antarteks. Metode yang digunakan adalah penelitian pustaka (library research) bersifat kualitatif dengan teknik close reading atas teks primer, Al-Qur’an mushaf Utsmani dan Alkitab Terjemahan Baru, didukung tafsir klasik seperti Ibn Katsir dan komentar Paulinus. Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan adanya paralelisme intertekstual pada gagasan tanggung jawab keluarga sebagai penanda keimanan yang otentik. Meski demikian, pada level hipertekstual ditemukan pergeseran makna yang signifikan: dimensi material-etis dalam 1 Timotius 5:8 ditransformasikan Al-Qur’an menjadi dimensi perlindungan eskatologis dan penanaman ketakwaan, sehingga jejak Alkitab tetap terbaca sebagai hipoteks yang dikoreksi sekaligus diperluas maknanya,suatu relasi palimpsestik yang memperkaya wacana dialog antaragama.
Kata kunci: dialog antaragama; hermeneutika kontemporer; hipertekstualitas; palimpsest; pendidikan taqwa
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