Search Results - "Journal of qur'anic studies"

Emotion in the Qur'an: An Overview by Bauer, Karen

“…In the Western academic study of the Qur'an, very little has been written about emotion. The studies that do acknowledge the power of emotion tend to…”
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Coloured Dots and the Question of Regional Origins in Early Qur'ans (Part I) by George, Alain

“…During the first centuries of Islam, the written notation of the Qur'an underwent a gradual evolution. After an early stage represented by the ‘Ḥijāzī’…”
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Text-Critical Approaches to Sura Structure: Combining Synchronicity with Diachronicity in "Sūrat al-Baqara". Part One by Klar, Marianna

“…This article is an exploratory attempt to rationalise a combination of seemingly disparate strands of current thought on sura structure into a workable, if…”
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Covenant and Covenants in the Qur'an by Lumbard, Joseph E.B

“…The question of the covenant in the Old and New Testaments was among the most fertile topics for critically engaged Jewish-Christian dialogue in the twentieth…”
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Coloured Dots and the Question of Regional Origins in Early Qur'ans (Part II) by George, Alain

“…This is the second part of an article begun in the previous issue (17:1) of the Journal of Qur'anic Studies . Part I began with a study of remarks about…”
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Text-Critical Approaches to Sura Structure: Combining Synchronicity with Diachronicity in Sūrat al-Baqara. Part Two by Klar, Marianna

“…This article is an exploratory attempt to rationalise a combination of seemingly disparate strands of current thought on sura structure into a workable, if…”
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Rereading al-Ṭabarī through al-Māturīdī: New Light on the Third Century Hijrī by Saleh, Walid A.

“…The Taʾwīlāt ahl al-sunna of al-Māturīdī, an exegete contemporaneous with al-Ṭabarī, is now available in three editions; we have no excuse for not consulting…”
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Qur'anic Studies in al-Andalus: An Overview of the State of Research on qirāʾāt and tafsīr by Hernández López, Adday

“…In this paper I aim to offer a state-of-the-art assessment of extant studies on qiraʾāt and tafsīr, and an overview of the development of research in Qur'anic…”
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The Legal Epistemology of Qur'anic Variants: The Readings of Ibn Masʿūd in Kufan "fiqh" and the Ḥanafī "madhhab" by Harvey, Ramon

“…The companion Ibn Masʿūd (d. 32/652-653) has long been recognised for the variance of his Qur'anic qirāʾa ('reading', or 'recitation') from the canonical…”
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Muslim Translators and Translations of the Qur'an into English by Wild, Stefan

“…Until the 1940s, English translations of the Qur'an were (with the notable exception of translations by Indian Muslims early in the twentieth century) mostly…”
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A Bilingual 'Morisco Qur'an' with Thirteen Lines to the Page by Martínez de Castilla, Nuria

“…Three copies of the 'Morisco Qur'an', RESC/101D.2, RESC/39E, and RESC/58B.1, provide an exceptional testimony for the study of textual transmission within…”
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Abū Muḥammad b. al-Qurṭubī versus Abū ʿAlī al-Rundī: An Andalusī Polemic on the Modes of Transmission of the Qur'an by Adang, Camilla

“…This contribution deals with Abū ʿAlī al-Rundī's (d. 616/1219) refutation of Abū Muḥammad b. al-Qurṭubī's (d. 611/1214) views on the modes of transmission of…”
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The Preacher of the Meccan Qur’an: Deuteronomistic History and Confessionalism in Muḥammad’s Early Preaching / مرتّل القرآن في الفترة المكیة: تاریخ "تثنیة الاشتراع" في التوراة والدخول في الإسلام في الفترة الأولى من دعوة النبي محمد by Saleh, Walid A., صالح, ولید

“…There has been a trend in recent scholarship on the Qur’an to downplay the role of Muḥammad in delivering and preaching the Qur’an, such that one is almost…”
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In the Gardens with Ibrahim: An Evaluation of Fī riyāḍ al-tafsīr by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse, a Contemporary, Traditional Tafsīr / في الروضات مع إبراهيم: تحليل لكتاب "في رياض التفسير" للشيخ إبراهيم نياسي by Ogunnaike, Oludamini, أوغونايكي, اولوداميني

“…The Senegalese Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (d. 1975) was the founder of the most popular branch of the Ṭarīqa Tijāniyya, the most popular Ṣūfī order in Sub-Saharan…”
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Exegetes of Nishapur: A Preliminary Survey of Qur’anic Works by Ibn Ḥabīb, Ibn Fūrak, and ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Baghdādī / مفسرون من نیسابور: نظرة أولیة عامة في أعمال ابن حبیب، وابن فورك، وعبد القاهر البغدادي by Nguyen, Martin, ناغیوین, مارتن

“…This article provides a preliminary study of three previously unstudied Qur’anic works, each of which has been ascribed to an important fifth/eleventh-century…”
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Change Through Continuity: A Case Study of Q. 4:34 in Ibn ʿĀshūr’s al-Taḥrīr wa’l-tanwīr / موجز لجميع مقالات العدد بالعربية التغيير من خلال الاستمرار: آية 34 من سورة النساء أنموذجا من تفسير التحرير والتنوير لابن عاشور by Mubarak, Hadia, مبارك, هادية

“…In the context of ruptures and continuities in modern Qur’anic exegesis, this article brings attention to a modern tafsīr that has received scant attention in…”
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The Role of Context in Interpreting and Translating the Qur’an / دور السياق في تفسير القرآن وترجمته by Haleem, M.A.S. Abdel, الحليم, محمد عبد

“…Quoting out of context can become especially serious when dealing with religious texts. As will be demonstrated in this article, attention to context (siyāq)…”
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Moses and Pharaoh’s Magicians: A Discursive Analysis of the Qur’anic Narratives in the Light of Late Antique Texts and Traditions / موسى وسحرة فرعون ء تحليل لقصص القرآن مع المقارنة بنصوص وروايات يهودية ومسيحية من أواخر لعصر الوسيط by Smith, Andrew C., سميث, أندرو

“…This paper provides a comparative analysis of the Qur’anic narratives of Moses and Pharaoh’s magicians and the Biblical narrative as transmitted through the…”
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Reconsidering Qur’anic Genre / نظرة جدیدة في الأنواع الأدبیة الموجودة في القرآن by Flowers, Adam, فلوارز, آدم

“…The Qur’an’s employment of diverse modes of discourse is, perhaps, the text’s defining literary feature. These discourses, ranging from apocalyptic, to…”
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Towards a Philosophical Qur’anology: Structure and Meaning in the Qur’an / نحو دراسة فلسفیة للقرآن: البنیة والنص في القرآن by Campanini, Massimo, كامبانیني, ماسیمو

“…The idea developed in this paper is that of a philosophical Qur’anology, or al-falsafiyya al-Qurʾāniyya. It builds on the ideas elaborated in my most recent…”
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