Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of contributors
Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem: Introduction
Part I: The State of Qur'anic Studies
1: Andrew Rippin: Academic Scholarship and the Qur'an
2: Oliver Leaman: Modern Developments in Qur'anic Studies
3: Herbert Berg: Islamic Origins and the Qur'an
4: Anna Akasoy: Qur'anic Studies: Bibliographical Survey
Part II: The Historical Setting of the Qur'an
5: Muntasir F. al-Hamad and John F. Healey: Late Antique Near Eastern Context: Social and Religious Aspects
6: Harry Munt: Arabian Context of the Qur'an: History and the Text
7: Ahmad Al-Jallad: The Linguistic Landscape of pre-Islamic Arabia: Context for the Qur'an
8: Marianna Klar: Qur'anic Exempla and Late Antique Narratives
9: Reuven Firestone: The Qur'an and Judaism
10: Neal Robinson: The Qur'an and Christianity
Part III: The Qur'an: Textual Transmission, Codification, Manuscripts, Inscriptions and Printed Editions
11: François Déroche: The Manuscript and Archaeological Traditions: Physical Evidence
12: Yasin Dutton: The Form of the Qur'an: Historical Contours
13: Mustafa Shah: The Corpus of Qur'anic Readings (qir=a'=at): History, Synthesis and Authentication
14: Sheila S. Blair: Glorifying God's Word: Manuscripts of the Qur'an
15: Sheila S. Blair: Inscribing God's Word: Qur'anic texts on Architecture, Objects, and Other Solid Supports
16: Efim A. Rezvan: A History of Printed Editions of the Qur'an
Part IV: Structural and Literary Dimensions of the Qur'an
17: A. H. Mathias Zahniser: Language of the Qur'an
18: Mustafa Shah: Vocabulary of the Qur'an: Meaning in Context
19: Michel Cuypers: Qur'anic Syntax
20: Muhammad Abdel Haleem: Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur'anic Grammar
21: Nicolai Sinai: Inner-Qur'anic Chronology
22: Mustansir Mir: The Structure of the Qur'an: The Inner Dynamic of the S=ura
23: Ayman A. El-Desouky: Discussions of Qur'anic Inimitability: The Theological Nexus
24: Geert Jan van Gelder: The Qur'an and the Arabic Medieval Literary Tradition
25: Stefan Sperl: The Qur'an and Arabic Poetry
Part V: Topics and Themes of the Qur'an
26: Ulrika M:artensson: Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur'an
27: Stephen Burge: Doctrine and Dogma in the Qur'an
28: Joseph Lowry: Law and the Qur'an
29: Ebrahim Moosa: Qur'anic Ethics
30: Sebastian Günther: Eschatology and the Qur'an
31: Anthony H. Johns: Prophets and Personalities of the Qur'an
32: Stefan Wild: Politics and the Qur'an
33: Asma Afsaruddin: Jihad and the Qur'an: Classical and Modern Interpretations
34: Asma Afsaruddin: Women and the Qur'an
Part VI: The Qur an in Context: Translation and Culture
35: Translations of the Quraan: Western Languages
36: M. Brett Wilson: Translations of the Qur an: Islamicate Languages
37: Muhammad Abdel Haleem: Presenting the Qur'an Out of Context
38: Bruce Lawrence: Popular Culture and the Qur an: Classical and Modern Contexts
39: Jeffrey Einboden: The Western Literary Tradition and the Qur an: an Overview
Part VII: Qur anic Interpretation: Scholarship and Literature of Early, Classical, and Modern Exegesis
40: Andrew Rippin: Early Qur'anic Commentaries
41: Maher Jarrar: Exegetical Designs of the Sira: Tafsir and Sira
42: Kees Versteegh: Early Qur'anic Exegesis: From Textual Interpretation to Linguistic Analysis
43: Ulrika M:artensson: Early medieval tafs=ir (800-1000)
44: Walid A. Saleh: Medieval Exegesis: The Golden Age of Tafs=ir
45: Roberto Tottoli: The Corpora of Isr=aa=iliyy=at
46: Walid A. Saleh: Contemporary Tafs=ir: The Rise of Scriptural Theology
Part VIII: Qur anic Exegesis: Discourses, Formats, and Hermeneutics
47: Sajjad Rizvi: Twelver Shiai Exegesis
48: Ismail Poonawala: Ism=aa=il=i Scholarship on Tafs=ir
49: Valerie J. Hoffman and Sulaiman bin Ali bin Ameir Al-Shueili: Ib=a.d=i Tafs=ir Literature
50: Alexander Knysh: Sufi Commentary: Formative and Later Periods
51: Tariq Jaffer: Theological Commentaries
52: Jules Janssens: Philosophical Commentaries
53: Kamal Abu-Deeb: Aesthetically Oriented Interpretations of the Qur an
54: Robert Morrison: Tafs=ir and Science
55: Johanna Pink: Classical Qur anic Hermeneutics
56: Martin Nguyen: Sunni Hermeneutical Literature
57: Massimo Campinini: Modern Qur'anic Hermeneutics: Strategies and Development

About the Author

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).

Reviews

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.
*Bruce Fudge, Journal of the American Oriental Society*

rich and ambitious
*Paul Bishop, Religion*

...this book is a must in all mission agencies that work in the Muslim world as well as in all Christian colleges and other agencies that have a heart for Muslims.
*Dr. David Cashin, Evangelical Missions Quarterly*

This Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies readily brings to mind the earlier multi-volume collection of articles Tafsir (Oxford, Routledge, 2012) edited by the same Mustafa Shah. Common to both works is the Orientalists' sheer wariness of the Qur'ānic text and the Muslim tafsīr tradition. In sum, it is a tendentious work which mainly propagates the agenda of the Revisionist school.
*The Muslim World Book Review*