This dissertation studies the transmission of the variant readings of the Qur'an, the canonization of the system Readings, and the emergence of the non-canonical (shawadhdh ) readings. I argue that Ibn Mujahid and the Muslim scholars before him had different criteria from the la…
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Sufis have long been known for their talk of "love and beauty." While there is much scholarship on love in Sufism, there has been very little scholarly attempt at a systematic analysis of the significance of beauty in Sufi worldview. One of the reasons for this is that while Suf…
This dissertation focuses on one of the most popular medieval Muslim figures in modern times, Ibn Kathir. I argue that Ibn Kathir's work reflects a critical theological struggle in the history of Islam between those who emphasized the original sources of the Qur'an and prophetic…
Despite the central place of tawba in Islamic faith and practice, tawba has to date been the subject of very little serious academic research. The purpose of this study is to fill something of this scholarly lacuna by examining early Sufi approaches to this concept with a partic…
This thesis is an attempt to study the Quran as a literary work using two of the recently proposed approaches: thematic coherence of the Quran, and Semitic rhetoric. To effectively conduct this study, surah structure and literary devices are investigated, and a deep study is con…
Bible translators in Muslim contexts approach the importance of recipient context and Muslim understanding of the translated texts differently in determining whether a translation is effective. I have used a theoretical model of hermeneutics developed by Shaw and Van Engen as th…
The story of Adam and Eve, their creation and transgression, constitutes an enduring presence in world history, literature and art, especially for those who claim the legacy of Genesis as their own primordial history. Across religious traditions, interpretations of creation narr…
This dissertation addresses the question of whether or not Christians in Arabic-speaking milieus are justified in making positive apologetic use of qur'anic points of contact in their explanations of the Bible and Christian doctrines. Chapter one situates this topic within the h…
This dissertation explores the application of narrative analysis to five Qur'anic stories in Surat al-Kahf, the eighteenth chapter of the Qur'an. Traditional Qur'anic exegesis treats the narratives atomistically, giving great attention to the historical details, whilst contempor…
This is a study of Jalal al-Din al-Suyut[dotbelow]i's al-Durr al-manthur fi-l-tafsir bi-l-ma'thur (The scattered pearls of tradition-based exegesis), hereinafter al-Durr . In the present study, the distinctiveness of al-Durr becomes evident in comparison with the tafsirs of al-T…
The Qur'an has always been a medium through and upon which Islam and the Muslim faith are structured and built. It mediates the relationship between Muslims and God. Despite its alleged divine origin, the Qur'an as a scriptural and textual reality remains to be understood by Mus…
This dissertation is a study of the intellectual history of Ṣadr al-Dīn Dashtakī (d. 903/1498) and Ghiyāath al-Dīn Dashtakī (d. 949/1542), two important Shirazi philosophers and Shi'i thinkers who lived in the late Timurid and early Safavid period. It argues that Avicennan philo…
Crossing disciplinary and regional boundaries, this book takes a comparative perspective on standardisation tendencies in Arabic-based writing systems across three continents. 12 distinct manuscript traditions are presented in situations where different cultures, languages and s…
"A contemporary philosopher of Tunisian origin, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem is here published in English for the first time. His new book, Transgression and the Inexistent: A Philosophical Vocabulary, is a comprehensive foray into Kacem's elaborate philosophical system in twenty-seven di…
19. yy. Osmanlı Devleti’nde Batılılaşmanın her alanda yoğun bir biçimde hissedildiği bir dönemdir. Bu dönemde gerek toplumsal düzeyde gerekse kentin fiziksel yapısında meydana gelen değişim Osmanlı mimari anlayışına da yeni bir soluk getirmiştir. Mimarideki bu değişim birçok kay…