Quran and Early Islam

A Qur'anic Reading of Muhammad's Secret: A Historical-Critical Approach to Muhammad's Marriage to Zaynab

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-09-28T19:04:25Z

Hasan (Abla), A Qur'anic Reading of Muhammad's Secret: A Historical-Critical Approach to Muhammad's Marriage to Zaynab, London, Routledge, 2027, 224 p. ISBN 978-1041360728
Author
Abla Hasan is Professor of Practice of Arabic Language and Culture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. She is the author of Decoding the Egalitarianism of the Qur'an: Retrieving Lost Voices on Gender (2019), On Pain and Suffering: A Qur'anic Perspective (2022), and The Qur'anic Dilemma: A Hermeneutical (…)

- Routledge studies in the Qur'an (Routledge)

Gender Relations in the Qur'an: Conceptualising Space and Male-Female Interaction

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-09-14T12:16:00Z

(Karim F.) Redhwan, Gender Relations in the Qur'an. Conceptualising Space and Male–Female Interaction, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2026, 288 p. ISBN 9781399561341
Author
Dr Redhwan Karim is Lecturer in Islamic Studies and Course Leader for the BA Islamic Studies program at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education. He is the author of History of the Qur'an: Approaches and Explorations (2024), and various peer-reviewed articles in journals such as the Journal of Islamic and (…)

- Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Scripture and Theology

Theology and Society in the Second and Third Centuries of the Hijra. Volume 6.2

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-09-07T08:17:05Z

Van Ess (Josef), Theology and Society in the Second and Third Centuries of the Hijra. Volume 6.2, A History of Religious Thought in Early Islam, Texts XXII-XXXV, trad. Joep Lameer, Leiden, Brill, ("Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 116/6"), 2027, 500 p. ISBN 9789004342026
Présentation
Theology and Society is the most comprehensive study of Islamic intellectual and religious history, focusing on Muslim theology. With its emphasis on the eighth and ninth (…)

- Important Studies

Christian Translations of the Qurʾān and Polemics against Islam. Editions, Studies, and Digital Projects on Documenta Coranica Christiana

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-09-01T19:00:00Z

Ulbricht( Manolis) ed., Christian Translations of the Qurʾān and Polemics against Islam. Editions, Studies, and Digital Projects on Documenta Coranica Christiana, Leiden, Brill ("Documenta Coranica ; 6"), 2017, ? p. ISBN 978-90-04-77453-7
Editor
Manolis Ulbricht is a Byzantine studies scholar specializing in Christian-Muslim relations, Qur'anic translations, and Byzantine theology. Educated in Berlin and Athens, he has held research positions at Freie Universität Berlin, LMU Munich, and (…)

- Documenta Coranica (Brill)

History, Prophecy, and Revelation in the Qur'an: The Second Coming of Scripture

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-09-01T10:08:43Z

Goudarzi (Mohsen), History, Prophecy, and Revelation in the Qur'an: The Second Coming of Scripture, Oxford, Oxford University Press, ("Oxford Studies in the Abrahamic Religions") 2027, 304 p. ISBN 978-0198994312
Author
Mohsen Goudarzi is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Harvard Divinity School.
Mohsen Goudarzi joined the Harvard Divinity School faculty in July 2021, after previously teaching at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities). He is a scholar of religion who studies (…)

- Methods/Debates

The Qur'an, Surahs 1 and 2: A Historical and Literary Commentary

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-08-30T12:39:06Z

Sinai (Nicolai), The Qur'an, Surahs 1 and 2: A Historical and Literary Commentary, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2027, 448 p. ISBN 9780691193939
Author
Nicolai Sinai is professor of Islamic studies at the University of Oxford and holder of the Sheikh Zayed Lecturership in Islamic Studies. He is the author of Key Terms of the Qur'an: A Critical Dictionary (Princeton) and The Qur'an: A Historical-Critical Introduction.
Presentation
This historical and literary commentary on (…)

- Important Studies

The Composition of the Qur'an: Structure, Style & Meaning (March 19ᵗʰ‒20ᵗʰ 2027)

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-08-13T12:56:31Z

The Composition of the Qur'an: Structure, Style & Meaning
The Composition of the Qur'an: Structure, Style & Meaning A conference co-organized by the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB) & the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO: EU funded “Anawati Chair”), Location: IDEO (Cairo), March 19ᵗʰ‒20ᵗʰ, 2027 Publication: MIDEO 45 (2029)
Theme
Questions concerning the composition of the Qur'an, its structure, style, and organisation, have occupied Muslim scholars for centuries (…)

- Conferences

European Interuniversity Certificate in Qur'anic Studies / Certificat Interuniversitaire Européen en études Coraniques

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-08-08T09:32:35Z

European Interuniversity Certificate in Qur'anic Studies 2026–2027
Overview
The European Interuniversity Certificate in Qur'anic Studies offers an interdisciplinary and academically rigorous approach to the study of the Qur'an, its historical context, textual formation, and traditions of interpretation. The programme brings together perspectives from history, philology, anthropology, religious studies, and theology. It is designed to provide participants with the methodological and (…)

- French Institutions

The Quran in the World. A History of Islam's Sacred Book

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-07-14T07:26:14Z

Fudge (Bruce), The Quran in the World: A History of Islam's Sacred Book, Princeton, PUP, 2027, 424 p. ISBN ‎ 978-0691261829
Author
Bruce Fudge is professor of Arabic at the University of Geneva. He is the author of Qur'anic Hermeneutics and the translator of A Hundred and One Nights and Sonallah Ibrahim's The Turban and the Hat.
Presentation
The Quran, like most great books, has a history. It went from a largely oral recitation in a region with limited writing and literacy to being (…)

- Introductions on the Qur'an

A Study of "Tawriya" in the Qur'an. Exegesis, Rhetoric and the Reader

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-06-16T18:50:15Z

Rizzo (Luca), A Study of ›Tawriya‹ in the Qur'an. Exegesis, Rhetoric and the Reader, Berlin, De Gruyter, ("IQSA Studies in the Qurʾan ; 9") 2026, 270 p. ISBN 9783112227015
Author
Luca Rizzo is an independent researcher.
Presentation
How did premodern Muslim scholars of rhetoric and exegesis interpret ambiguous verses in the Qur'an, particularly those suggesting anthropomorphism? This book explores how the rhetorical device tawriya, or "double entendre," came to serve as a (…)

- IQSA Studies in the Qurʾan