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International Meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland (July 8-10, 2013)

International Meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland (July 8-10, 2013)

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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)