Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective
7/08/2013
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Theme: Islam and Interfaith Studies in Scottish Universities
- Zohar Hadromi-Allouche, University of Aberdeen, Presiding
- Hugh Goddard, University of Edinburgh
Islam and Interfaith Relations in Scotland (20 min) - Fiona McCallum, University of St. Andrews
‘Same Old’? Muslim-Christian Relations and the Arab Uprisings (20 min)
- Discussion (35 min)
- Break (30 min)
- Johan Rasanayagam, University of Aberdeen
From an Anthropology of Islam to an Anthropology through Islam (20 min) - Saeko Yazaki, University of Glasgow
Dialogues between Islam and Judaism in Ethics and Spirituality: The Andalusi landscape and Zionism (20 min)
- Discussion (35 min)
Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective
Joint Session With: Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective, International Qur’anic Studies Association
7/08/2013
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Theme: Prophets and Prophethood between Bible and Quran
- Zohar Hadromi-Allouche, University of Aberdeen, Presiding
- Emran El-Badawi, University of Houston, Introduction (7 min)
- Gabriel Said Reynolds, University of Notre Dame, Introduction (7 min)
- Anne-Laure Zwilling, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Anne-Sylvie Boisliveau, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Moses and the Burning Bush: A Two-Voice Analysis (20 min) - David Kiltz, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
“Ebionism” and the Quran Revisited (20 min)
- Discussion (16 min)
- Break (30 min)
- Mehdi Azaiez, IREMAM / CNRS
Prophetical Polemics in the Bible and the Quran: The Case of Counter-Discourse (20 min) - Michael Pregill, Elon University
Intertextual Complications: The Quranic Cain and Abel Reconsidered (20 min) - Tommaso Tesei, University of Notre Dame
Apocalyptic Prophecies in the Quran and in Seventh Century Extrabiblical Literature (20 min)
- Discussion (20 min)
Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective
Joint Session With: Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective, International Qur’anic Studies Association
7/09/2013
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Theme: Rhetoric and the Quran: Structure, Composition, Argumentation
- Orhan Elmaz, University of St. Andrews, Presiding
- Michel Cuypers, IDEO
Semitic Rhetoric in Sura 81 (Al-Takwir) and Chapter 10 of the Testament of Moses (20 min) - Ulrika Mårtensson, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Al-Tabari’s Rhetorical Concept of the Quran: Implications for Historical and Contemporary Research (20 min)
- Discussion (35 min)
- Break (30 min)
- Mustansir Mir, Youngstown State University
Hamid al-Din al-Farahi on Quranic balaghah (20 min) - Gabriel Said Reynolds, University of Notre Dame, Respondent (20 min)
- Discussion (35 min)
Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective
Joint Session With: International Qur’anic Studies Association, Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective
7/09/2013
3:00 PM to 4:15 PM
- Emran El-Badawi, University of Houston, Presiding
- Tarif Khalidi, American University of Beirut
Reflections of a Qur’an Translator (45 min)
- Break (5 min)
- Discussion (25 min)
Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective
Joint Session With : Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective, International Qur’anic Studies Association
7/10/2013
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Theme: Quranic and Biblical Discourses in Comparative Perspective
- Andreas Görke, University of Edinburgh, Presiding
- Keren Abbou Hershkovits, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Idris, Enoch, and Celestial Knowledge: Astronomical Knowledge Given (or Taken?) from Heaven (20 min) - Nadjet Zouggar, Louvain-la-Neuve University
The Biblical Prophets’ Place in the Elaboration of Sunni Prophetology (20 min) - Abdulla Galadari, University of Aberdeen
The Qiblah: A Quranic Allusion to the Shema (20 min)
- Discussion (15 min)
- Break (30 min)
- Roy Michael McCoy III, University of Oxford
An Arabian Trudgman in Nazareth: The Gospel Narrative of al-Biqa’i’s Nazm al-durar fi tanasub al-ayat wa’l-suwar (20 min) - Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
Messianism and the Idea of Universal Exegesis in Islam: The Parallel Interpretation of the Quran and the Bible in the Jawidan-nama of Fadlallah Astarabadi (d. 796/1394) (20 min)
- Discussion (35 min)
