Islam
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Religious Studies News/ SBL Edition January 2002
BIBLE/QUR’ĀN BIBLIOGRAPHY
Provided by John Reeves in December 2001
N. Abbott, Studies in Arabic Literary Papyri I: Historical Texts (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957) 38-56. Using the legend of Adam and Eve as a base, it provides an excellent overview of the issues surrounding the transmission of biblical and extra-biblical lore to and within Islamicate literatures.
Camilla Adang, Muslim Writers on Judaism and the Hebrew Bible: From Ibn Rabban to Ibn Hazm (Leiden: Brill, 1996).
Michael Cook, The Koran: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000).
Encyclopaedia of the Qur’ān ( vols.; ed. Jane D. McAuliffe, et al.; Leiden: Brill, 2001- ). An impressive reference tool whose first volume (A-D) has just appeared. Biblical characters can be accessed under their standard spellings (for example, s.v. Abraham).
David J. Halperin, "Islamic Reflections of Merkabah Traditions," in his The Faces of the Chariot: Early Jewish Responses to Ezekiel’s Vision (Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr, 1988) 467-90. Covers much more than the title implies.
Jacob Lassner, Demonizing the Queen of Sheba: Boundaries of Gender and Culture in Postbiblical Judaism and Medieval Islam (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993).
Hava Lazarus-Yafeh, Intertwined Worlds: Medieval Islam and Bible Criticism (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992).
Gordon D. Newby, The Making of the Last Prophet: A Reconstruction of the Earliest Biography of Muhammad (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1989). Concentrates on the biblical antecedents of Muhammad’s prophetic vocation.
H. Speyer, Die biblischen Erzählungen im Qoran (reprinted, Hildesheim: G. Olms, 1988). First printed in 1931. Provides a wealth of aggadic and legendary lore surrounding the biblical characters presented in the Qur’ān.
Studies in Islamic and Judaic Traditions: Papers Presented at the Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies, Center for Judaic Studies, University of Denver (2 vols.; ed. W.M. Brinner and S.D. Ricks; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1986-89). Several papers focus on biblical and/or Qur’ānic themes.
Steven M. Wasserstrom, "Jewish Pseudepigrapha in Muslim Literature: A Bibliographical and Methodological Sketch," Tracing the Threads: Studies in the Vitality of Jewish Pseudepigrapha (SBLEJL6; ed. J.C. Reeves; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1994) 87-114.
Brannon M. Wheeler, Prophets in the Quran: An Introduction to the Quran and Muslim Exegesis (forthcoming from Continuum).
See John Reeves Article in December 2001 edition
WEB SITES
http://www.academicinfo.net/Islam.html
http://www.academicinfo.net/afghan.html
http://www.andrewsullivan.com/
http://www.hf-fak.uib.no/smi/ksv/arabhome.html
http://www.hf-fak.uib.no/smi/links.html
http://www.muslimsonline.com/wii/
http://www.msa-natl.org/
http://www.law.ucla.edu/students/studentorgs/NELS/links.html
http://www.answering-islam.org/L_islamic.html
http://islam.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usc.edu%
2Fdept%2FMSA%2Freference%2Fsearchhadith.html
http://islam.about.com/cs/hadith/
http://aaupnet.org/news/spotlight.html
http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/pd/default.htm
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~mideast/inMEres/inMEres.html
ISLAM BIBLIOGRAPHY
Armstrong, Karen, Islam: A Short History. Modern Library, 2000.
Brown, Stuart. The Nearest in Affection: Towards a Christian Understanding of Islam. Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, 1995.
Esposito, John L. Islam: The Straight Path. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Esposito, John L. The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality? Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Rahman, Fazlur. Islam. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979.
Ruthven, Malise. Islam in the World. Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Schimmel, Annemarie. Islam: An Introduction. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992.
Tayob, Abdulkader. Islam: A Short Introduction. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 1999.
Williams, John; Word of Islam, University of Texas, 1994.
QUR'AN
Texts
Al-Qur'an. Translated by Ahmed Ali. Second Edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001.
The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary. Edited by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. Tahrike Tarsile, 1987.
The Koran. Translated by N. J. Dawood. New York: Penguin, 1990. (English only)
Noble Quran. Translated by Muhammad M. Khan. Chicago: Kazi Publications, 1995.
Studies
Abu-Hamdiyyah, Mohammad. The Qur'an: An Introduction. London: Routledge, 2000.
Cook, Michael. The Koran: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Haleem, Muhammad A. Understanding the Qur'an: Themes and Styles. New York: St. Martins Press, 1996.
Kaltner, John. Ishmael Instructs Isaac: An Introduction to the Qur'an for Bible Readers. Collegeville: Liturgical Press/Michael Glazier, 1999.
Parrinder, Geoffrey. Jesus in the Qur'an. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 1995.
Stowasser, Barbara. Women in the Qur'an, Traditions and Interpretation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Wadud, Amina. Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS
Goddard, Hugh. A History of Christian-Muslim Relations. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2000.
Mohammed, Ovey N. Muslim-Christian Relations: Past, Present, Future. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1999.
Zebiri, Kate. Muslims and Christians Face to Face. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 1997.
ARABIC LANGUAGE
Alosh, Mahdi. Ahlan wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners. New London: Yale University Press, 2000. (Beginner)
Cowan, David. Modern Literary Arabic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. (Intermediate)
Versteegh, Kees. The Arabic Language. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. (Excellent overview)
Wright, William. A Grammar of the Arabic Language. Edited by W. Robertson Smith and M. J. de Goeje. 2 vols. 3d. rev. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896-98. (Advanced)
DICTIONARIES
Hava, J. G. Arabic-English Dictionary. Beirut: Catholic Press, 1951.
Lane, Edward W. Arabic-English Lexicon. 8 vols. London: Williams and Norgate, 1863-93. Repr., Beirut: Librairie du Liban, 1980.
Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Ithaca: Spoken Language Services, 1976.
Post 9-11 Publications
Kimball, Charles A.,"Roots of Rancor,", The Christian Century, October 24-31,2001