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Defense (10 nov.) : Historiographical and normative conceptions of the images of Prophet Muḥammad. From the first manifestations in the sources to the 3rd/9th century
Summary The image of Muḥammad crystallizes many fantasies until today. A warrior prophet, legislator or miracle maker, these representations are only rarely distinguished from the historical (…)
Studies on the Life of Muhammad and the Dawn of Islam: Idol Worshippers, Christians and Jews in Pre- and Early Islam
Lecker (Michael), Studies on the Life of Muhammad and the Dawn of Islam: Idol Worshippers, Christians and Jews in Pre- and Early Islam, London, Routledge, 2023, 272 p. ISBN 978-1032449821 Author (…)
Le Coran : de la Tribu à l’Empire. Autour de l’oeuvre de Jacqueline Chabbi
Azaiez (Mehdi) ed., Le Coran : de la Tribu à l’Empire. Autour de l’oeuvre de Jacqueline Chabbi, Louvain-La-Neuve, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, ("Religio"), 2023, 350 p. Editor Mehdi (…)
European Muslims and the Qur’an Practices of Translation, Interpretation and Commodification (Nov. 2023)
Wiegers (Gerard), Sibgatullina (Gulnaz), European Muslims and the Qur’an. Practices of Translation, Interpretation and Commodification, Berlin, De Gruyter, ("The European Qur’an; 5"), 2024, 260 p. (…)
Qurʾānic Studies: Between History, Theology and Exegesis
Azaiez (Mehdi) & Arfa Mensia (Mokdad) -eds.-, Qurʾānic Studies: Between History, Theology and Exegesis, Berlin, De Gruyter, ("IQSA Studies in the Qur’an ; 4"), 2023, 270 p. ISBN 9783111047904 (…)
The Divine Names: A Mystical Theology of the Names of God in the Qurʾan
Afīf al-Dīn al-Tilimsānī (d. 690/1291), The Divine Names: A Mystical Theology of the Names of God in the Qurʾan, Edited and translated by Yousef Casewit, New-York City, NYUPress, ("Library of (…)
Is the Quran Supersessionist? Toward Identifying the Quran’s Theological Framework of Engagement with Earlier Abrahamic Traditions
Mehr (Vahid Mahdavi), Is the Quran Supersessionist? Toward Identifying the Quran’s Theological Framework of Engagement with Earlier Abrahamic Traditions, Leiden, Brill, ("") 2023, . ISBN: (…)
Honoring Melchert: Conference at Pembroke College (25 September 2023)
Presentation conference celebrating the scholarship and teaching of Prof. Christopher Melchert, to be held at Pembroke College, Oxford, on Monday 25 September 2023. The program ranges broadly (…)
The Living Qur’ān
Hussain (Ali J.),The Living Qur’ān, Berlin, De Gruyter, ("IQSA Studies in the Qurʾan; 3"), 2023, 350 p. ISBN 978-3110794946 Author Ali J. Hussain received his PhD from the Department of Near (…)
Patterns of Argumentation and Exchange of Ideas in Late Antiquity and Early Islam (July 2024)
Papadogiannakis (Ioannis), Roggema (Barbara), Patterns of Argumentation and Exchange of Ideas in Late Antiquity and Early Islam, London, Routledge, 2024, 224 p. ISBN 9781138043916 Editors (…)