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The Qurʾān between Judaism and Christianity – videos

This lecture series sought to make academic research in Islamic Studies accessible to the broader public. The speakers integrated literary and historical approaches in order to illustrate the intricate relationship between Jews, Christians, and Muslims. 

Text from the oldest Qur'an

The Qurʾān between Judaism and Christianity

17 September, 16 October and 4 December 2016

 
 

Background

What can the Qurʾān, the Holy Scripture of Islam, teach us about Judaism and Christianity? How does knowledge about Judaism and Christianity help us to understand the Qurʾān better?

A better understanding of the past may in turn help us to reconsider the present in a more nuanced way, and to formulate answers to the challenges faced by the Muslim communities in the Western World and beyond

Lecture videos

Lecture 1

Saturday 17 September 2016 – A1 Highfield House, University Park

 How to Study the Qurʾān – ‘Traditional’ and ‘Academic’ Approaches

 Professor Islam Dayeh, Free University of Berlin

  Professor Mehdi Azaiez, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

 Response by Dr Marianna Klar, School of Oriental and African Studies

 The Qurʾān and the Bible

  Professor Gabriel Said Reynolds, Notre Dame University

 Response by  Dr Omar Ali-de-Unzaga, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London

 

Lecture 2

Sunday 16 October 2016 – A48 Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park

 The Qurʾān’s Arabian Background (l)

 Dr Nora K Schmid, Free University of Berlin

 The Qurʾān and Christianity

 Dr Nicolai Sinai, University of Oxford

  Professor Emran El-Badawi, University of Houston

 Response by Professor Jon Hoover, The University of Nottingham

 

Lecture 3

Sunday 4 December 2016 – A48 Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park

 The Qurʾān and Judaism (ll)

 Dirk Hartwig, Free University, Berlin

Dr Harith bin Ramli, Cambridge Muslim College

 Law from the Bible to the Qurʾān

  Dr Holger Zellentin, The University of Nottingham

  Professor Lena Salaymeh, University of Tel Aviv

 Response by Dr Shuruq Naguib, University of Lancaster

 

 

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