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Articles ayant pour sujet le Coran et les premiers siècles de l’Islam (vol. 1-72)

Le Coran

– The Quranic Mushrikūn and the resurrection (Part I), Patricia Crone, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies / Volume75 / Issue03 / October 2012, pp 445-472
– Religious poetry from the Quranic milieu : Umayya b. Abī l-Ṣalt on the fate of the Thamūd, Nicolai Sinai, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies / Volume74 / Issue03 / October 2011, pp 397 - 416
– The foundations of the house (Q 2: 127), Joseph Witztum, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 72, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 25-40
– Some reflections on the Contextualist approach to ethico-legal texts of the Quran, Abdullah Saeed, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 71, Issue 02, June 2008, pp 221-237
– The Muslim Samson: medieval, modern and scholarly interpretations, Andrew Rippin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 71, Issue 02, June 2008, pp 239-253
– Heavenly cords and prophetic authority in the Quran and its Late Antique context, Kevin van Bladel, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 223-246
– "Majāz al-qur’ān": Periphrastic Exegesis, John Wansbrough, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 33, No. 2 (1970), pp. 247-266
– Qur’ān 2:114 and Jerusalem, Suliman Bashear, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 52, No. 2 (1989), pp. 215-238
– The Seven Names for Hell in the Qur’ān, Thomas O’Shaughnessy, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 24, No. 3 (1961), pp. 444-469
– Meccan Trade and Qur’ānic Exegesis (Qur’ān 2: 198), Uri Rubin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 53, No. 3 (1990), pp. 421-428
– The Qur’ān and the Islamic Practice of wuḍū’, John Burton, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 51, No. 1 (1988), pp. 21-58
– Grammatical Shift for Rhetorical Purposes: "iltifāt" and Related Features in the Qur’ān, M. A. S. Abdel Haleem, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 55, No. 3 (1992), pp. 407-432
– Ibn ’Abbās’s Al-lughāt fī’l-Qur’ān, A. Rippin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 44, No. 1 (1981), pp. 15-25 - Al-Zuhrī, "Naskh al-Qur’ān" and the Problem of Early "Tafsīr" Texts, A. Rippin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 47, No. 1 (1984), pp. 22-43
– Readings of the Qur’ān in London and Najaf: John Wansbrough and Muḥammad Bāqir al-Ṣadr, Chibli Mallat, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 57, No. 1, In Honour of J. E. Wansbrough (1994), pp. 159-173

Les premiers siècles de l’Islam (incomplet)

– Egypt under Muāwiya Part I: Flavius Papas and Upper Egypt, Clive Foss, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 72, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 1-24
– Quraysh and the Roman army: Making sense of the Meccan leather trade, Patricia Crone, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 70, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 63-88

Compte rendus (incomplet)

– Elsaid M. Badawi and Muhammad Abdel Haleem: Arabic–English Dictionary of Qur’anic Usage. (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section One: The Near and Middle East.) xxvi, 1069 pp. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2008. €229. ISBN: 978 90 04 14948 9. Andrew Rippin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 72, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 162-164
– Leor Halevi: Muhammad’s Grave: Death Rites and the Making of Islamic Society. xiii, 400 pp. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. £22.50. ISBN 978 0 231 13742 3. Fachrizal Halim, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 72, Issue 01, February 2009, pp 164-166
– Gabriel Said Reynolds The Qur’ān in Its Historical Context, London and New York: Routledge, 10 2008. (Routledge Studies in the Qur’ān.) xv, 294 pp. ISBN 0 415 42899 8. £75. Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 71, Issue 03, October 2008, pp 565-566
– Asma Afsaruddin The First Muslims: History and Memory, Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 10 2008. xx, 254 pp. ISBN 978 1 85168 518 9. £40, Wilferd Madelung, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 71, Issue 03, October 2008, pp 567-568
– onathan Brown The Canonization of al-Bukhārī and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunnī adīth Canon, Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2007. (Islam History and Civilization: Studies and Texts.) xxii, 431 pp. ISBN 978 90 04 15839 9. €129, Herbert Berg, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 71, Issue 03, October 2008, pp 570-572
– Andrew Rippin (ed.): The Blackwell Companion to the Qur’ān. (Blackwell Companions to Religion.) xiii, 560 pp. Oxford and Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2006. £85. ISBN 1 4051 1752 4. Oliver Scharbrodt, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 71, Issue 02, June 2008, pp 363-364
– Jane Dammen Mcauliffe (ed.): Encyclopaedia of the Qur’ān. (Volume Four, P–Sh), xxiii, 606 pp., 2004. € 265. (Volume Five, Si–Z), xxiii, 576 pp., 2006. € 265. (Indices) ix, 860 pp., 2006. Leiden and Boston: E.J. Brill.. € 265. Mustafa Shah, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 71, Issue 02, June 2008, pp 365-366
– Richard M. Frank: Early Islamic Theology: The Mu‘tazilites and al-Ash‘arī. Texts and Studies on the Development and History of Kalām, Vol. II.. Edited by Dimitri Gutas. (Variorum Collected Studies Series, CS834.) xii, 400 pp. Burlington and Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007. £65. ISBN 978 0 86078 978 9. Suleiman A. Mourad, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 71, Issue 01, February 2008, pp 116-117
– SULEIMAN ALI MOURAD: Early Islam between Myth and History: Al-Hasan al-Ba[sdotu ]ri (d. 110/728 CE) and the Formation of His Legacy in Classical Islamic Scholarship. (Islamic Philosophy Theology and Science, LXII.) xi, 339 pp. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2006. 90 04 14829 9.
W. Madelung, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 70, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 157-160
– ABDULLAH SAEED: Interpreting the Qur’an: Towards a Contemporary Approach. 192 pp. London and New York: Routledge, 2006. £16.99. 0415 36538 4. Neal Robinson, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 70, Issue 01, February 2007, pp 164-166
– Brannon Wheeler: Mecca and Eden: Ritual, Ethics, and Territory in Islam. xi, 333 pp. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2006. $25. ISBN 0 226 88804 5. Kathryn Kueny, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 70, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 423-424
– Jane Dammen Mcauliffe (ed.): Encyclopaedia of the Qur’ān. (Volume Four P–Sh) xxiii 606 pp. 2004. € 265. (Volume Five Si–Z) xxiii 576 pp. 2006. € 265. (Indices) ix 860 pp. 2006. Leiden and Boston: E.J. Brill.. € 265. Mustafa Shah, Volume 71, Issue 02, Jun 2008, pp 365-366.
– John Burton: The sources of Islamic law: Islamic theories of abrogation. xi 235 pp. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 1990. £35. A. Rippin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 54, Issue 02, Jun 1991, pp 362-364
– Jane Dammen McAuliffe: Qur’ānic Christians: an analysis of classical and modern exegesis xii 340 pp. Cambridge etc.: Cambridge University Press 1991. £35 $49.50.
– Neal Robinson: Christ in Islam and Christianity: the representation of Jesus in the Qur’ān and the classical Muslim commentaries xi 235 pp. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press 1991. £40. A. Rippin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 55, Issue 02, Jun 1992, pp 321-323
– Richard Bell: A commentary on the Qur’ān. Vol. i. Surahs I–XXIV. Vol. ii. Surahs XXV–CXIV. Edited by C. Edmund Bosworth. (Journal of Semitic Studies Monograph 14.) xxii 608 pp. iv 603 pp. Manchester: University of Manchester 1991. John Burton, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 58, Issue 01, Jan 1995, pp 119-121
– Binyamin Abrahamov (ed. and tr.): Al-Ḳāsim b. Ibrāhim on the proof of God’s existence: Kitāb al-dalīl al-kabīr. (Islamic Philosophy and Theology: Texts and Studies Vol. v.) xiii 201 pp. Leiden: E. J. Brill 1990. Guilders 110 $56.41. Sarah Stroumsa, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 55, Issue 02, Jun 1992, pp 320-321
– F. E. Peters Judaism Christianity and Islam: the classical texts and their interpretation. Vol. I: From covenant to community; Vol. II: The word and the law and the people of God; Vol. III: The works of the spirit. xxv 408 pp.; xxv 395 pp.; xxv 408 pp. Princeton N.J.: Princeton University Press 1990. $75 (paper $14.95 each). A. Rippin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 55, Issue 01, Feb 1992, pp 195-195
– Mahmoud M. Ayoub: The Ǫur’an and its interpreters. Vol. n. The House of‘lmrān. x 433 pp. Albany NY: State University of New York Press 1992. $19.95. A. Rippin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 57, Issue 02, Jun 1994, pp 462-462
– C. Gilliot: Exégèse langue et théologie en Islam: I’exégèse coranique de Tabari. (Etudes Musulmanes XXXii.) 320 pp. Vrin Paris 1990 Fr. 252. John Burton, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 55, Issue 03, Oct 1992, pp 548-549
– Jacob Lassner: Demonizing the Queen of Sheba: boundaries of gender and culture in postbiblical Judaism and medieval Islam. (Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism.) XV 281 pp. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press 1994 . £39.95 $57.50 (paper £15.95 $22.95). A. Rippin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 58, Issue 02, Jun 1995, pp 357-358
– John Burton: An introduction to the hadīth. (Islamic Surveys.) xxvi 210 pp. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 1994. £39.95 (paper £16.95). Uri Rubin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 59, Issue 02, Jun 1996, pp 340-341
– Barbara Freyer Stowasser: Women in the Qur’an: traditions and interpretation ix 206 pp. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press 1994. £22.50. A. Rippin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 59, Issue 03, Oct 1996, pp 558-559
– Andrew Rippin (ed.): The Blackwell Companion to the Qur’ān. (Blackwell Companions to Religion.) xiii 560 pp. Oxford and Malden MA: Blackwell 2006. £85. ISBN 1 4051 1752 4.
Oliver Scharbrodt
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 71, Issue 02, Jun 2008, pp 363-364
– Some reflections on the Contextualist approach to ethico-legal texts of the Quran
Abdullah Saeed, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 71, Issue 02, Jun 2008, pp 221-237
– R. Vassie (ed.): A classified handlist of Arabic manuscripts acquired since 1912. Vol. ii: Qur’ānic sciences and hadith. (The British Library: Oriental and India Office Collections.) viii 124 pp. London: The British Library 1995. £25. Uri Rubin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 59, Issue 01, Feb 1996, pp 218-218
– A. Stoilova and Z. Ivanovna (comp.): The holy Qurān through the centuries. A catalogue of the Exhibition of Manuscripts and Printed Editions Preserved in the SS Cyril and Methodius National Library Sofia February 1995. 66 pp. 2 plates on inside covers . Sofia: SS Cyril and Methodius Library 1995. (Sponsored by al-Furqān Islamic Heritage Foundation London. £32.)
H. T. Norms, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 59, Issue 01, Feb 1996, pp 218-218.
– William Montgomery Watt: Early Islam: collected articles. xi 207 pp. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 1990. £25. A. Rippin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 55, Issue 01, Feb 1992, pp 195-196

– Michel Chodkiewicz: An ocean without shore: Ibn Arabi the Book and the Law. Translated from the French by David Streight xiii 184 pp. Albany NY: State University of New York Press 1993 $12.95 (paper). H. T. Norris, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 58, Issue 01, Jan 1995, pp 125-126
– Mohammad-Nauman Khan: Die exegetischen Teile des Kitāb al-ՙayn. Zur ältesten philologischen Koranexegese. (Islamwissenschaftliche Quellen und Texte aus deutschen Bibliotheken Bd. 7.) ii 397 pp. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag 1994. A. Rippin, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 59, Issue 03, Oct 1996, pp 626-627
– T. J. Winter (ed. and tr.): The remembrance of Death and the Afterlife: Kitāb dhikr al-mawt wa-mā ba ‘dahu. Book XL of The revival of the religious sciences Ihya’ ‘ulūm al-dīn. xxx 347 pp. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society 1989 £12.95. H. T. Norris Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 54, Issue 02, Jun 1991, pp 366-366
– Jean Jolivet and Guy Monnot (tr.): Shahrastani: Livre des religions et des sectes. Tome ii. 578 pp. Leuven: Peeters/Unesco 1993. Bfr. 4300.
Tamima Bayhom Daou
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 58, Issue 01, Jan 1995, pp 124-125
– R. B. Serjeant R. L. Bidwell and G. Rex Smith (ed.): New Arabian Studies i. xi 237 pp. Exeter: University of Exeter Press 1993. £20.
A. K. Irvine
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 59, Issue 01, Feb 1996, pp 218-219
– Andrew Rippin: Muslims: their religions beliefs and practices. Vol. 2: The contemporary period. (The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices.) X 171 pp. London and New York: Routledge 1993. £12.99.
Kate Zebiri
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 58, Issue 01, Jan 1995, pp 127-128
– Daniel Gimaret: Une lecture Mu’tazilite du Coran: Le Tafsīr d’Abū ՙAtī al-Djubbā’ī (m. 303/915) partiellement reconstitué à partir des ses citations. (Bibliothèque de l’École des Hautes Études Section des Sciences Religieuses vol. ci.) 890 pp. Louvain-Paris: Peeters 1994. BFr. 1920.
W. Madelung
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 59, Issue 01, Feb 1996, pp 138-139
– Gabriel Said Reynolds The Qur’ān in Its Historical Context London and New York: Routledge 10 2008. (Routledge Studies in the Qur’ān.) xv 294 pp. ISBN 0 415 42899 8. £75
Jane Dammen McAuliffe
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 71, Issue 03, Oct 2008, pp 565-566
– Harald Motzki: Die Anfänge der islamischen Jurisprudenz: ihre Entwicklung in Mekka bis zur Mitte des2./8. Jahrhunderts. (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes Bd. L 2.) ix 292 pp. Stuttgart: Kommisionsverlag Franz Steiner 1991. DM 96.
G. R. Hawting
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 59, Issue 01, Feb 1996, pp 141-143
– Ronald L. Nettler (ed.): Studies in Muslim-Jewish relations. Vol. I. xi 205 pp. Chur Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers with the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies 1993. £26.
A. Rippin
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 58, Issue 01, Jan 1995, pp 115-116
– G. R. Hawting (tr.): The History of al- abar.ī Vol. xx: The collapse of Sufyānid authority and the coming of the Marwānids. The caliphates of Mu‘āwiyah II and Marwān I and the beginning of the caliphate of ‘Abd al-Malik A.D. 683–685/A.H. 64–66. xviii 246 pp. Albany N.Y.: State University of New York Press 1989. $54.50 (paper $17.95).
Michael Bonner
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 55, Issue 02, Jun 1992, pp 323-324
– Jørgen Baek Simonsen: Studies in the genesis and early development of the caliphal taxation system with special references to circumstances in the Arab Peninsula Egypt and Palestine. 213 pp. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag 1988.
G. R. Hawting
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 54, Issue 01, Feb 1991, pp 156-157

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