The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies

Mustafa Shahis a Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, where he completed his BA and PhD degrees. He research interests and teaching cover early Islamic literature, Arabic linguistic thought, classical exegesis, theologyand hadith studies. He has edited two major collections on the hadith and Quranic exegesis: The Hadith: Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies, Routledge, (2009), and Tafsir: Interpreting the Qur'an. Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies, Routledge, (2013).He is also editing TheOxford Handbook of Hadith Studies. M.A.S. Abdel Haleem was born in Egypt and educated at al-Azhar, Cairo, and Cambridge Universities. He taught Arabic at Cambridge University and has been teaching Arabic and Islamic Studies in London University for many years. He is currently Professor of Islamic Studies and Director of the Centre of Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is editor of the Journal of Qur'anic Studies and the London Qur'an Studies Series. Among his published works are The Quran: A New Translation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2004); and The Qur'an: English translation with parallel Arabic text, Oxford University Press (2010); Understanding the Qur'an: themes and style. London: I B Tauris (1999); with Elsaid Badawi An Arabic-English Dictionary of Qur'anic Usage, Brill (2007). His latest work is entitled: Exploring the Qur'an: Images and Reality, I.B. Tauris (2017).

• List of IllustrationsList of contributorsMustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem: IntroductionPart I: The State of Qur'anic Studies1: Andrew Rippin: Academic Scholarship and the Qur'an2: Oliver Leaman: Modern Developments in Qur'anic Studies3: Herbert Berg: Islamic Origins and the Qur'an4: Anna Akasoy: Qur'anic Studies: Bibliographical SurveyPart II: The Historical Setting of the Qur'an5: Muntasir F. al-Hamad and John F. Healey: Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Social and Religious Aspects6: Harry Munt: Arabian Context of the Qur'an: History and the Text7: Ahmad Al-Jallad: The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur'an8: Marianna Klar: Qur'anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives9: Reuven Firestone: The Qur'an and Judaism10: Neal Robinson: The Qur'an and ChristianityPart III: The Qur'an: Textual Transmission, Codification, Manuscripts, Inscriptions and Printed Editions11: François Déroche: The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence12: Yasin Dutton: The Form of the Qur'an: Historical Contours13: Mustafa Shah: The Corpus of Qur'anic Readings (qir=a'=at): History, Synthesis and Authentication14: Sheila S. Blair: Glorifying God's Word: Manuscripts of the Qur'an15: Sheila S. Blair: Inscribing God's Word: Qur'anic texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports16: Efim A. Rezvan: A History of Printed Editions of the Qur'anPart IV: Structural and Literary Dimensions of the Qur'an17: A. H. Mathias Zahniser: Language of the Qur'an18: Mustafa Shah: Vocabulary of the Qur'an: Meaning in Context19: Michel Cuypers: Qur'anic Syntax20: Muhammad Abdel Haleem: Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur'anic Grammar21: Nicolai Sinai: Inner-Qur'anic Chronology22: Mustansir Mir: The Structure of the Qur'an: The Inner Dynamic of the S=ura23: Ayman A. El-Desouky: Discussions of Qur'anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus24: Geert Jan van Gelder: The Qur'an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition25: Stefan Sperl: The Qur'an and Arabic PoetryPart V: Topics and Themes of the Qur'an26: Ulrika M:artensson: Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur'an27: Stephen Burge: Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur'an28: Joseph Lowry: Law and the Qur'an29: Ebrahim Moosa: Qur'anic Ethics30: Sebastian Günther: Eschatology and the Qur'an31: Anthony H. Johns: Prophets and Personalities of the Qur'an32: Stefan Wild: Politics and the Qur'an33: Asma Afsaruddin: Jihad and the Qur'an: Classical and Modern Interpretations34: Asma Afsaruddin: Women and the Qur'anPart VI: The Qur an in Context: Translation and Culture35: Translations of the Quraan: Western Languages36: M. Brett Wilson: Translations of the Qur an: Islamicate Languages37: Muhammad Abdel Haleem: Presenting the Qur'an Out of Context38: Bruce Lawrence: Popular Culture and the Qur an: Classical and Modern Contexts39: Jeffrey Einboden: The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur an: an OverviewPart VII: Qur anic Interpretation: Scholarship and Literature of Early, Classical, and Modern Exegesis40: Andrew Rippin: Early Qur'anic Commentaries41: Maher Jarrar: Exegetical Designs of the Sira: Tafsir and Sira42: Kees Versteegh: Early Qur'anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis43: Ulrika M:artensson: Early medieval tafs=ir (800-1000)44: Walid A. Saleh: Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafs=ir45: Roberto Tottoli: The Corpora of Isr=aa=iliyy=at46: Walid A. Saleh: Contemporary Tafs=ir: The Rise of Scriptural TheologyPart VIII: Qur anic Exegesis: Discourses, Formats, and Hermeneutics47: Sajjad Rizvi: Twelver Shiai Exegesis48: Ismail Poonawala: Ism=aa=il=i Scholarship on Tafs=ir49: Valerie J. Hoffman and Sulaiman bin Ali bin Ameir Al-Shueili: Ib=a.d=i Tafs=ir Literature50: Alexander Knysh: Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods51: Tariq Jaffer: Theological Commentaries52: Jules Janssens: Philosophical Commentaries53: Kamal Abu-Deeb: Aesthetically Oriented Interpretations of the Qur an54: Robert Morrison: Tafs=ir and Science55: Johanna Pink: Classical Qur anic Hermeneutics56: Martin Nguyen: Sunni Hermeneutical Literature57: Massimo Campinini: Modern Qur'anic Hermeneutics: Strategies and Development

This Oxford Handbook is a much more evenhanded production.most topics and points of view get a hearing...More generous than the Itqān, the Handbook makes space for Sufis, Ibadis, philosophers, and various Shi'i groups.