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8th Symposion der Inârah (1-4 May 2024)
Programme Mittwoc/Mercredi/Wednesday 01.05.2024 Anreise bis/Enregistrement jusqu’à/Check-in until 16.00 Kaffee ab/Pause-café à partir de/Coffee break from 16.30 17.00 Begrüßung im Namen (...)
Eastern Christians’ Engagement with Islam and the Qur’ān. Texts, Contexts and Knowledge Regimes
Negoiță (Octavian-Adrian), Eastern Christians’ Engagement with Islam and the Qur’ān. Texts, Contexts and Knowledge Regimes, Berlin, De Gruyter, ("The European Qur’an ; 6"), 2024, 320 p. ISBN (...)
Muḥammad and His Followers in Context. The Religious Map of Late Antique Arabia
Lindstedt (Ilkka), Muḥammad and His Followers in Context. The Religious Map of Late Antique Arabia, Leiden, Brill, ("Islamic History and Civilization, Volume ; 209"), 2024, ? ISBN (...)
Eurocentrism, Quranic Translation and Decoloniality
Othman (Ahd), Eurocentrism, Quranic Translation and Decoloniality, London, Routledge, 2024, 232 p. ISBN 978-1032520926 Author Ahd Othman, Visiting Research Associate at the University of (...)
Der Koran: Ausgewählt, angeordnet und im Metrum des Originals übertragen von Hubert Grimme
Der Koran: Ausgewählt, angeordnet und im Metrum des Originals übertragen von Hubert Grimme, Michael Fisch (ed.), Würzburg, Königshausen & Neumann, 2023, 326 p. ISBN 978-3826079542 Author (...)
The Emergence of Arabic Poetry From Regional Identities to Islamic Canonization
Miller (Nathaniel A.), The Emergence of Arabic Poetry. From Regional Identities to Islamic Canonization, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024, 400 p. ISBN 9781512825305 (...)
The Devotional Qur’an. Beloved Surahs and Verses
Toorawa (Shawkat M.), The Devotional Qur’an. Beloved Surahs and Verses, Yale, Yale University Press, 2024, 192 p. ISBN 978-0300271942 Author Shawkat M. Toorawa is professor of Arabic (...)
Defense (10 nov.) : Historiographical and normative conceptions of the images of Prophet Muḥammad. From the first manifestations in the sources to the 3rd/9th century
Summary The image of Muḥammad crystallizes many fantasies until today. A warrior prophet, legislator or miracle maker, these representations are only rarely distinguished from the historical (...)
Between Jerusalem and Mecca: Sanctity and Redemption in the Qurʾān and the Islamic Tradition
Rubin (Uri), Between Jerusalem and Mecca: Sanctity and Redemption in the Qurʾān and the Islamic Tradition, Berlin, De Gruyter, ("Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Tension, Transmission, (...)
Studies on the Life of Muhammad and the Dawn of Islam: Idol Worshippers, Christians and Jews in Pre- and Early Islam
Lecker (Michael), Studies on the Life of Muhammad and the Dawn of Islam: Idol Worshippers, Christians and Jews in Pre- and Early Islam, London, Routledge, 2023, 272 p. ISBN 978-1032449821 (...)