This book brings together the latest research in Qur’anic studies and explores the interaction between Islamic scripture and the Christian and Jewish religions.
The Qur’an between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic is one of the few book-length studies on an Ottoman Qur’an commentary. Its premise is that "the Ottoman Empire" did not come to an end un
Shaykh ?an?awi Jawhari was an Egyptian exegete known for having produced a scientific interpretation of the Qur?an. A pioneering scholar in terms of familiarising the people of his time with many prev
"Exploring the subjectivity of the QurRaan's meaning in the world, this book analyses QurRaanic referencing in Muslim political rhetoric. Informed by classical Arabic-Islamic rhetorical theory, the au
This book is a literary and historical analysis of the Arabic Qur’an and Aramaic Gospels, i.e. the four canonical Gospels preserved in the Syriac and Christian Palestinian Aramaic (CPA) dialects.
Providing an analysis of the complete story of Mary in its liturgical, narrative and rhetorical contexts, this literary reading is a prerequisite to any textual reading of the Qur’an whether juristic,
Al-Tha’labi was a renowned Qur’anic scholar of the fifth/eleventh century, and his ‘Ara’is al-majalis is arguably the finest and most widely consulted example of the Islamic qisas al-anbiya’ genre. Dr
This volume studies how the literary elements in the Qur'an function in conveying its religious message effectively. It is divided into three parts. Part one includes studies of the whole Qur'an or la
Essays explore the world of Michael of Rhodes, examining the historical context, thediscovery of his manuscript, and Michael's knowledge of mathematics, shipbuilding, navigation, andother topics.
