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We are pleased to announce the launch of the Journal of the International Qurʾanic Studies Association (JIQSA). In support of the Association’s mission of fostering scholarship on the Qurʾan, the journal will commence publication twice annually beginning in the first quarter of 2016. We currently invite submission of articles for publication in the first volume. Articles will be rigorously peer-reviewed through a double-blind review process, with reviewers appointed by the Head Editor and the Editorial Board.The journal is being launched at a time of particular vitality and growth in Qurʾanic Studies, and its primary goal is to encourage the further development of the discipline in innovative ways. Methodologies of particular interest to the journal include historical-critical, contextual-comparative, and literary approaches to the Qurʾan. We especially welcome articles that explore the Qurʾan’s origins in the religious, cultural, social, and political contexts of Late Antiquity; its connections to various literary precursors, especially the scriptural and parascriptural traditions of older religious communities; the historical reception of the Qurʾan in the west; the hermeneutics and methodology of Qurʾanic exegesis and translation (both traditional and modern); the transmission and evolution of the textus receptus and the manuscript tradition; and the application of various literary and philological modes of investigation into Qurʾanic style and compositional structure.Head Editor: Michael E. Pregill, Elon University, USAEditorial Board:Anne-Sylvie Boisliveau, University of Groningen, NetherlandsMichel Cuypers, Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies, Cairo, EgyptMajid Daneshgar, University of Otago, New ZealandSidney Griffith, Catholic University of America (Emeritus), USAAsma Hilali, Institute of Ismaili Studies, UKDan Madigan, Georgetown University, USAJohn Reeves, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USAAndrew Rippin, University of Victoria (Emeritus), Canada and Institute of Ismaili Studies, UKUri Rubin, Tel-Aviv University (Emeritus), IsraelKeith Small, London School of Theology, UKDevin Stewart, Emory University, USASarra Tlili, University of Florida, USA