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The Qur’an: Historical Context, Manuscripts, and Material Culture (IQSA)11/21/20141:00 PM to 3:30 PMRoom: Room 23 B (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)Theme: Panel 2: The Qur’an: Historical Context and Material CultureWadad Kadi, Oriental Institute, Chicago‘Abd al-Hamid al-Katib’s Use of the Qur’an in His Legal, Theological, and Historical Letters (30 min)Francesca Leoni, Ashmolean Museum, University of OxfordMighty (S)words: Protective and Apotropaic Uses of the Qur’an (30 min)Peter Webb, University of LondonInhabiting the Book: The Qur’an and Space in Mamluk Religious Architecture (30 min)Robert Hoyland, Oriental Institute, OxfordWriting the Qur’an in Stone: Use of the Muslim Scripture in Early Arabic Inscriptions (30 min)International Qur’anic Studies Association11/21/20144:00 PM to 5:15 PMRoom: Room 23 C (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)Keynote Lecture Emran El-Badawi, University of Houston, PresidingEmran El-Badawi, University of Houston, Introduction (10 min)Angelika Neuwirth, Freie Universität BerlinQur’anic Studies and Historical-Critical Philology. The Qur’an’s Staging, Penetrating, and Eclipsing Biblical tradition (45 min)Andrew Rippin, University of Victoria (BC), Respondent (20 min)International Qur’anic Studies Association11/21/20145:15 PM to 6:30 PMRoom: Room 24 A (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)ReceptionQur’anic Studies: Methodology and Hermeneutics (IQSA)11/22/20149:00 AM to 11:00 AMRoom: Room 24 C (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)Theme: The Qur’an and Justice: How Removable are the Contradictions?Farid Esack, University of JohannesburgThe Qur’an on Black and White: Exploring Possible Traces of Race and Racism in Tafsir (20 min)Jerusha Tanner Lamptey, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New YorkMuslima Theology and Relational Qur’anic Hermeneutics (20 min)Karen Bauer, The Institute of Ismaili StudiesInterpreting away the Qur’an: Hermeneutical Strategies for Reconciling Text and Values (20 min)Fred M. Donner, University of ChicagoApproaching the Qur’an’s Contradictory Statements on Ahl al-Kitab (20 min)Discussion (20 min)International Qur’anic Studies Association11/22/201412:00 PM to 1:00 PMRoom: Room 1 B (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)Mentorship Lunch (Details TBA)The Qur’an: Historical Context, Manuscripts, and Material Culture (IQSA)11/22/20141:00 PM to 3:30 PMRoom: Room 24 C (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)Theme: Panel 1: Historical Context and Qur’an ManuscriptsFrançois Déroche, Ecole Pratique des Hautes EtudesMS R38 from Kairouan, Tunisia and Its Umayyad Context (20 min)Daniel Brubaker, Rice UniversityManuscript and Tradition: Exploring Scribal Alterations in Early Qur’ans in View of the Qira’at and Masahif Literature (20 min)Umberto Bongianino, University of OxfordEarly Qur’anic Manuscripts from the Muslim West: A Typological Survey (20 min)Nuria Martínez-de-Castilla-Muñoz, Universidad Complutense de MadridSixteenth-Century Spanish Translations of the Qur’an: The Almonacid de la Sierra Atelier (20 min)Discussion (50 min)The Qur’an and the Biblical Tradition (IQSA)Joint Session With: The Qur’an and the Biblical Tradition (IQSA), Syriac Literature and Interpretations of Sacred Texts11/22/20144:00 PM to 6:30 PMRoom: Room 24 B (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)Theme:The Qur’an and Christian Oriental TraditionsHolger Zellentin, University of Nottingham, PresidingSidney Griffith, Catholic University of AmericaThe Suhuf of Abraham and Moses (25 min)Abdulla Galadari, Masdar InstituteThe Camel Passing through the Eye of the Needle: A Comparison between the Qur’an, the Greek Gospels, and Tatian’s Syriac Diatessaron (25 min)Cornelia B. Horn, Catholic University of AmericaParallel Structures, Polemical Interpretations: An Intertextual Approach to Jesus’ Miracles in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Normative and Interpretive Texts (25 min)Nicolai Sinai, Oxford UniversityThe Eschatological Kerygma of the Early Qur’anic Surahs in Light of Syriac Literature (25 min)Paul Neuenkirchen, Ecole Pratique des Hautes EtudesThe Qur’anic “Vision Pericopes” in Light of a Christian Apocrypha (25 min)The Qur’an and the Biblical Tradition (IQSA)11/23/20149:00 AM to 12:00 PMRoom: Room 24 C (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)Theme: Bible, Qur’an, and Jewish TraditionsCornelia Horn, Catholic University of America, PresidingHamza M. Zafer, University of WashingtonJonah and the Ninevites: Prophecy to Communal Outsiders in the Qur’an (25 min)Emad Botros, McMaster Divinity CollegeThe Recalcitrant Prophet: Jonah Between the Qur’an and the Hebrew Bible Traditions (25 min)Michael Pregill, Elon UniversityAnother Brick in the Wall: The Intertwining of Biblical and Qur’anic Exegesis in Islamicate Midrash (25 min)Reuven Firestone, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (California Branch)Shabbat Violation in Qur’anic Discourse (25 min)Holger Zellentin, University of NottinghamThe Qur’an and Rabbinic Judaism: “Mecca” and “Medina” between Palestine and Babylonia (25 min)Business Meeting (30 min) - All IQSA Members are expected to attend!Qur’anic Studies: Methodology and Hermeneutics (IQSA)11/23/20141:00 PM to 3:00 PMRoom: Room 24 B (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)Theme: Qur’anic Hermeneutics: Diversity Beyond Muslim/Non-Muslim BinariesEbrahim Moosa, Duke University, PresidingClare Wilde, University of AucklandContemporary Echoes of Early Christian Arabic Approaches to the Qur’an (20 min)Sayeh Meisami, University of TorontoQur’anic Hermeneutics and Islamic Philosophy: A Study of Ibn Sina’s Commentary on Surat al-Falaq in Comparison with His Philosophical Writings on the Problem of Evil (20 min)David R. Vishanoff, University of OklahomaReenchanting the Qur’an: Hermeneutical Applications of the Ash’ari Concept of God’s Eternal Speech (20 min)Yusuf Rahman, State Islamic University Jakarta IndonesiaThe Indonesian Muslim Responses to the Use of Hermeneutics in the Study of the Qur’an (20 min)Discussion (30 min)Andrew Rippin, University of Victoria (BC), Respondent (10 min)The Qur’an and the Biblical Tradition (IQSA)Joint Session With: The Qur’an and the Biblical Tradition (IQSA), Qur’an and Biblical Literature11/23/20141:00 PM to 3:30 PMRoom: Room 24 C (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)Theme: Bible and Qur’an: Confirmation, Conversation, ConflictJohn Kaltner, Rhodes College, PresidingAshoor Yousif, University of TorontoClaiming the Claimed: Islamic Exegesis of Biblical Prophecies During the ‘Abbasid Period (30 min)Salah Mahgoub Edris, Cairo UniversityThe Christian Interpretation of the Qur’an in Syriac Literature (30 min)Mohammad Hasan Ahmadi, University of TehranThe Qur’anic Terminology of the Biblical Tradition (30 min)Carol Schersten LaHurd, Lutheran School of Theology at ChicagoThe Academy vs. the Grassroots: Cognitive Dissonance on Interfaith Dialogue (30 min)Roberta Sabbath, University of Nevada, Las VegasTeaching Tanakh, New Testament, and Qur’an to Undergraduate English Majors and Elective Students (30 min)Linguistic, Literary, and Thematic Perspectives on the Qur’anic Corpus (IQSA)11/23/20144:00 PM to 6:30 PMRoom: Room 24 C (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)Theme: Themes and Rhetorical Tools in the Qur’anSarra Tlili, University of Florida, PresidingAnne-Sylvie Boisliveau, University of Groningen, PresidingD.S. Adnan Majid, University of California-San DiegoVirgins of a Virginal Paradise: The Use of Synecdoche in Surah Rahman (18 min)Discussion (5 min)Thomas Hoffmann, Københavns UniversitetDelivering the Qur’an: Metaphors of Qur’anic Maternality and Natality (18 min)Discussion (5 min)Devin Stewart, Emory UniversityAnomalous Rhyme-Words in the Qur’an and Their Implications (18 min)Discussion (5 min)Break (10 min)Vanessa De Gifis, Wayne State UniversityThe Economy of Excellence: A Thematic Study of Fadl in the Qur’an (18 min)Discussion (5 min)Andrew G. Bannister, Melbourne School of TheologyRetelling the Tale: A Computerized Oral-Formulaic Analysis of the Qur’an (18 min)Discussion (5 min)Carl Ernst, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Respondent (25 min)Qur’an Seminar (IQSA)11/24/20149:00 AM to 11:30 AMRoom: AB (Level 3 (Aqua)) – Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: Surah 74 and Q 18:60–102Participants will discuss together the two selected Qur’anic passages.Mehdi Azaiez, University of Notre Dame, PanelistGerald Hawting, School of Oriental and African Studies, PanelistThomas Hoffmann, Københavns Universitet, PanelistDaniel Madigan, Georgetown University, PanelistDavid Penchansky, University of Saint Thomas (Saint Paul, MN), PanelistGabriel Reynolds, University of Notre Dame, PanelistStephen Shoemaker, University of Oregon, PanelistTommaso Tesei, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, PanelistSarra Tlili, University of Florida, PanelistQur’an Seminar (IQSA)11/24/20141:00 PM to 3:30 PMRoom: AB (Level 3 (Aqua)) – Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: Surahs 19 and 88Participants will discuss together the two selected Qur’anic passages.Mehdi Azaiez, University of Notre Dame, PanelistGerald Hawting, School of Oriental and African Studies, PanelistThomas Hoffmann, Københavns Universitet, PanelistDaniel Madigan, Georgetown University, PanelistDavid Penchansky, University of Saint Thomas (Saint Paul, MN), PanelistGabriel Reynolds, University of Notre Dame, PanelistStephen Shoemaker, University of Oregon, PanelistTommaso Tesei, Van Leer Jerusalem InstituteSarra Tlili, University of Florida, PanelistLinguistic, Literary, and Thematic Perspectives on the Qur’anic Corpus (IQSA)11/24/20144:00 PM to 6:30 PMRoom: Room 17 B (Mezzanine level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC)Theme: Detecting Ring Patterns: Insights into the Qur’an’s Structure and MeaningThis panel is dedicated to the emerging field of Semitic Rhetoric/Ring Composition theory applied to the Qur’an.Sarra Tlili, University of Florida, PresidingAnne-Sylvie Boisliveau, University of Groningen, PresidingDalia Abo-Haggar, Harvard UniversitySymmetry and Asymmetry in the Qur’an (18 min)Discussion (5 min)Giuliano Lancioni, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, and Raoul Villano, Università degli Studi Roma TreThe Self-Similar Koran (18 min)Discussion (5 min)AbdelMadjid Benhabib, University of Tlemcen – AlgeriaLexical Repetition in Noah’s Discourse in the Qur’an (18 min)Discussion (5 min)Break (10 min)Raymond Farrin, American University of KuwaitRing Structure in Sura 9: Repentance Emphasized (18 min)Discussion (5 min)Rick Oakes, North-West University (South Africa)The Semitic Rhetoric of Surat al-Nisa’ 153-162 Imparts Meaning to Shubbiha in Aya 157a (18 min)Discussion (5 min)Anne-Sylvie Boisliveau, University of Groningen, Respondent (10 min)Discussion (15 min)