This academic website is dedicated to Qur’anic studies. It offers an updated bibliographic and informational watch, as well as a presentation of critical methods and an overview of the history of the discipline.
Mixed Messages: Using the Bible and Qur’ān in Swahili Tracts (September 2022)
Chesworth (John A.), Mixed Messages: Using the Bible and Qur’ān in Swahili Tracts, Leiden, Brill, ("Studies of Religion in Africa ; 51"), ISBN 978-90-04-51966-4 [Author John A. Chesworth, PhD (...)
Prominent Murder Victims of the Pre- and Early Islamic Periods Including the Names of Murdered Poets (Janvier 2022)
Ibn Ḥabīb (Muḥammad) d. AH 245/AD 860, Prominent Murder Victims of the Pre- and Early Islamic Periods Including the Names of Murdered Poets, Editor / Translator: Geert Jan van Gelder, Leiden, (...)
Zoroastrians in Early Islamic History: Accommodation and Memory (November 2022)
Magnusson (Andrew D.), Zoroastrians in Early Islamic History: Accommodation and Memory, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2022, 224 p. ISBN 978-1474489522. [Author Andrew D. Magnusson is (...)
The Kharijites in Early Islamic Historical Tradition. Heroes and Villains (January 2023)
Hagemann (Hannah-Lena), The Kharijites in Early Islamic Historical Tradition. Heroes and Villains, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, ("Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and (...)
The Prophet al-Khidr. Between the Qur’anic Text and the Islamic Tradition (August 2022)
Omar (Irfan A.), The Prophet al-Khidr. Between the Qur’anic Text and the Islamic Tradition, Lanham, MD, Lexington Book, 2022, 162 p. ISBN 978-1-4985-9591-9 [Author Irfan A. Omar is associate (...)
Colloquim: Current research on Koranic manuscripts (2-3 june 2022)
[Presentation The Koran, God’s ipsissima verba for Muslims, is today a text that continues to be memorized, written (in some parts of the world) and recited. In early Islam, the Koranic text was (...)
The Qur’an: Text and Commentary, Volume 1: Early Meccan Suras: Poetic Prophesy (July 2022)
Neuwirth (Angelika), The Qur’an: Text and Commentary, Volume 1: Early Meccan Suras: Poetic Prophesy, trans. Samuel Wilder, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2022, 528 p. ISBN 978-0300232332 (...)
Creating the Qur’an. A Historical-Critical Study (July 2022)
Shoemaker (Stephen J.), Creating the Qur’an. A Historical-Critical Study, Oakland CA, University of California Press, 2022, 370 p. ISBN: 9780520389038 [Author Stephen J. Shoemaker is Professor (...)
Rebellious Wives, Neglectful Husbands: Controversies in Modern Qur’anic Commentaries (May 2022)
Mubarak (Hadia), Rebellious Wives, Neglectful Husbands: Controversies in Modern Qur’anic Commentaries, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2022, 368 p. ISBN [Author Hadia Mubarak is Assistant (...)
The Normative Verses (āyāt al-aḥkām) in Modern Times: A Challenge not only for Muslims
[Presentation The Qur’an, the holy book of Muslims, is not only a sacred text but also the primary and most authoritative source for defining the legal framework of Islam. About 500 hundred (...)