Quran and Early Islam

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

Le commentaire du Coran par le soufi marocain Aḥmad Ibn ʿAjība

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-06-11T10:14:00Z

Elsayed (Mohamed Fadel), Le commentaire du Coran par le soufi marocain Aḥmad Ibn ʿAjība, Paris, Vrin, ("Études musulmanes"), 2026, 224 p. ISBN 978-2-7116-3258-9
Author
Mohamed Fadel Elsayed est docteur de l'Université de Strasbourg et maître de conférences en islamologie à l'Université d'al-Azhar (Le Caire).
Presentation
Cet ouvrage présente une étude d'al-Baḥr al-madīd fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-majīd (« La mer étendue – Commentaire du glorieux Coran »), exégèse coranique intégrale (…)

- Etudes Musulmanes (Vrin)

Qur'anic Abrogation After Muhammad: The Eternal Flux

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-05-28T11:22:00Z

Toosi (Javad Fakhkhar), Qur'anic Abrogation After Muhammad: The Eternal Flux, London, Routledge, 2026, 208 p. ISBN 978-1041050414
Author
Javad Fakhkhar Toosi is an Islamic scholar and qualified jurist (Mujtahid) trained in the seminary; holder of a distinguished PhD degree, with 35 years of teaching and research experience in Islamic studies; author of 8 books in Arabic and Persian, and dozens of articles in English and Arabic.
Presentation
Challenging the notion of Islamic legal (…)

- Routledge Studies in Islamic Philosophy

Regulative Verses of the Qurʾan: From Historical Trends to Contemporary Trajectories

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-05-14T18:15:00Z

Bauer (Karen), Fatemi (Mohammed), Gleave (Robert), Stewart Devin J. eds., Regulative Verses of the Qurʾan: From Historical Trends to Contemporary Trajectories, Leiden, Brill, 2026, 500 p. ISBN 978-90-04-75555-0
Editors
Karen Bauer is Associate Professor at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. Her research focuses on the Qur'an and its interpretation. Her books include Gender Hierarchy in the Qur'an: Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses (Cambridge: 2015), An Anthology of (…)

- Ouvrages en anglais

Le Codex Amrensis 22 Histoire d'un manuscrit attribué à ʿUthmān de la mosquée de ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ au Caire

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-05-06T13:30:00Z

Cellard (Éléonore), Le Codex Amrensis 22. Histoire d'un manuscrit attribué à ʿUthmān de la mosquée de ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ au Caire, Leiden, Brill, ("Text and Studies on the Qurʾān ; 27"), 2026, 250 p. ISBN 978-90-04-72196-8
Author
Éléonore Cellard, Ph.D. in Arabic Language, Literature, and Civilizations (2015, INALCO/EPHE, Paris), is a specialist in the history, palaeography, and codicology of early Qur'anic manuscripts. She has published Codex Amrensis 1 (Brill, 2018) as well as numerous (…)

- Texts and Studies on the Quran (Brill)

The Early Qur'an in Mecca: Apocalyptic Expectation at the Dawn of Islam

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-05-01T07:24:00Z

Farrin (Raymond. K), The Early Qur'an in Mecca: Apocalyptic Expectation at the Dawn of Islam, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2026, 375 p. ISBN 978-1009638524
Author
R. K. Farrin is Professor of Arabic at the American University of Kuwait. He is the author of Abundance from the Desert: Classical Arabic Poetry (2011) and Structure and Qur'anic Interpretation: A Study of Symmetry and Coherence in Islam's Holy Text (2014), as well as numerous articles on classical Arabic poetry and (…)

- Ouvrages en anglais

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

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-04-25T15:42:00Z

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

Before the Qur'an: Material Sources at the Advent of Muslim Scripture

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-04-24T11:24:00Z

Dost (Suleyman), Before the Qur'an: Material Sources at the Advent of Muslim Scripture, Edinburg, Edinburg University Press, ("Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Scripture and Theology"), 2026, 288 p. ISBN 9781399528641
Author
Suleyman Dost is Assistant Professor of Late Antiquity and Early Islam at the University of Toronto. He works primarily on inscriptions and other documentary sources from late antique Arabia and Ethiopia. His research also covers the historical context in which the (…)

- Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Scripture and Theology

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

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-04-22T12:16:00Z

(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

Epigraphy and Theory in the Study of Early Islam

Mehdi Azaiez — 2026-04-20T16:34:00Z

Lindstedt (Ilkka), Epigraphy and Theory in the Study of Early Islam, London, Routledge, ("Variorum Collected Studies"), 2026, 324 p. ISBN 9781041146520
Author
Ilkka Lindstedt (Ph.D.), is Senior Lecturer in Islamic Theology at the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki. He has authored a large number of academic studies on pre-Islamic Arabia, early Islam, Arabic historiography, and epigraphy. His previous publications include Muhammad and His Followers in Context: The Religious Map (…)

- Routledge - Variorum Collected Studies