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BIBLICAL RECEPTION AND ISLAM PLEASE VISIT US AT BOOTH #1001 Our award-winning Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception is a multi-faceted reference work covering the reception of the Bible in an array of religious and academic disciplines and fields, including Islamic and Qur’anic Studies. It covers the reception of … ... the Bible in both classical and contemporary Islam … the Bible in the Qur’an and wider Muslim cultures … the Qur’an and Islam in biblical Jewish and Christian tradition … biblical concepts in islamic theology and social concepts. Our publications in the field of Biblical Reception include a print and an online reference work, a handbook series, a monograph series and a journal. Any questions or have an interesting project idea? Please contact us at [email protected] or visit degruyter.com/ebr 2019 Annual Meeting Program Book 2019 Annual Report San Diego, California c November 22–25, 2019 Acknowledgment Table of Contents The International Qurʾanic Studies Association IQSA Events 2019 ..........................................................3 (IQSA) was first formed in 2012 through a generous Abstracts and Biographies ...........................................7 grant by the Henry Luce Foundation and in consultation with the Society of Biblical Literature. Reports IQSA was incorporated in 2014 and granted Executive Summary 2019 ...................................43 nonprofit status in 2015. We recognize the Windsor Nomination Committee .....................................44 Foundation, DeGruyter Press, IQSA members and Programming Committee ..................................45 Publications and Research Committee.............46 sponsors for their generous support. International Meeting Report 2019 ...........................47 IQSA members include students and scholars of the Qurʾan and related fields from universities Participation and Membership ..................................48 and institutions around the world. IQSA facilitates IQSA Mission and Vision ...........................................49 communication among its members, organizes Announcing IQSA Boston 2020.................................50 regular world class conferences, sponsors a diverse JIQSA Call for Papers..................................................52 range of publications, and advocates for the field of Qurʾanic Studies in higher education and in the Review of Qurʾanic Research ....................................53 public sphere. People ............................................................................54 Letter from Executive Director Dear Friend, Welcome to San Diego. The International Qurʾanic Studies Association (IQSA) is dedicated to fostering qurʾanic scholarship. As a learned society, IQSA: ^ assists scholars of the Qurʾan to form contacts and develop fruitful professional and personal relationships; ^ sponsors rigorous academic scholarship on the Qurʾan through its lectures, journal articles, book reviews, monograph series, and online resources; ^ builds bridges between scholars around the world. Conscious of the importance of interdisciplinary conversations, IQSA continues to meet alongside of SBL at its North American annual meetings. After successfully holding its 2019 International Meeting in Tangier, Morocco, IQSA will hold its fourth biennial International Qurʾan Conference in Palermo, Italy in 2021. For more details on all of our programs, publications, and member benefits please visit IQSAweb.org. In this program book you will find a complete listing of IQSA events during the San Diego meeting. You will also find information on our Call for Papers for those who would like to participate in our 2020 Annual Meeting in Boston and announcements about contributing to IQSA’s journal (JIQSA), book series, and online book review service (RQR). As a learned society, IQSA is shaped by the contributions and insights of its members. We are eager to draw together a diverse community of students and scholars of the Qurʾan and look forward to working together to promote the field of qurʾanic studies. Once again, welcome to IQSA 2019 in San Diego! Emran El-Badawi Executive Director, International Qurʾanic Studies Association 2 IQSAweb.org IQSA Events 2019 P22-101a Linguistic, Literary, and Thematic Communities of the Qurʾan Book Launch Perspectives on the Qurʾanic Corpus / The Friday, 12:00 PM–1:00 PM Qurʾan: Surah Studies Convention Center - 25B (Upper Level East) Joint Session With: Linguistic, Literary, and Thematic Paula Sanders, Boniuk Institute, Rice University, Perspectives on the Qurʾanic Corpus (IQSA), The Presiding Qurʾan: Surah Studies (IQSA) Emran El-Badawi, University of Houston, Presiding Friday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Speakers: Ali Asani, Reza Aslan, Lien Fina, Todd Convention Center - 23B (Upper Level East) Lawson Theme: Style and Vocabulary in the Qurʾan (I): Light Refreshments Served Insights into the Composition of the Text Mohsen Goudarzi, University of Minnesota, P22-204b Presiding Anne-Sylvie Boisliveau, Université de Strasbourg The Qurʾan and Late Antiquity Boiling Drink, Denial of Resurrection, Hur in Paradise, Friday, 1:00 PM–3:30 PM and a Qurʾan within a Scripture: Intratextuality and the Convention Center - 23B (Upper Level East) Structure of Surat al-Waqi’ah (Q 56) (20 min) Theme: Muhammad, the Qurʾan, and the Sirah Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other) Tradition: New Perspectives Discussion (7 min) Johanne Christiansen, University of Copenhagen, Hythem Sidky, University of Chicago Presiding Understanding the Limits of Stylometry in Deducing Juan Cole, University of Michigan Qurʾanic Authorship (20 min) “Apostles to the Gentiles”: Paul and Muhammad Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other) (25 min) Discussion (7 min) Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other) Gabriel Said Reynolds, University of Notre Dame Sean Anthony, The Ohio State University On Doublets and Redactional Criticism of the Qurʾan Was the Hijrah a Historical Event? A Survey of the (20 min) Evidence (25 min) Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other) Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other) Discussion (7 min) Holger Zellentin, University of Cambridge Saqib Hussain, Oxford University The Qurʾanic Community, Their Prophet, and Their Surat al-Waqi’ah (Q 56) as a Group-Closing Surah Personal Encounters with Jews and Christians (25 min) (20 min) Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other), Rabbinic Literature (Early Jewish Literature - Rabbinic Literature), Church History and Ecclesiology Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other) (Other) Discussion (22 min) Michael Pregill, University of California-Los Angeles Muhammad and the Prophets from Mahdiyyah to Nishapur: Reflexes of Late Antique Supersessionism in Two Sectarian Medieval Islamic Texts (25 min) Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other) Discussion (50 min) IQSAweb.org 3 P22-317 P23-147a The European Qurʾan The Qurʾan and the Biblical Tradition Friday, 4:00 PM–6:00 PM Saturday, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM Convention Center - 23B (Upper Level East) Convention Center - 23B (Upper Level East) Roberto Tottoli, Università di Napoli L’Orientale, Theme: Panel 1: Theology of the Body in the Presiding Biblical Tradition and in the Qurʾan John Tolan, Université de Nantes Holger Zellentin, University of Cambridge, EuQu: The European Qurʾan; A New Research Program Presiding Funded by the European Research Council (30 min) Nicolai Sinai, University of Oxford Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other), Arabic (Philology / Linguistics (incl. The Qurʾan on Divine Embodiment (30 min) Semiotics), Comparative Religion / History of Religion (Comparative Religion / History of Religion) Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other) Clare Wilde, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Nora K. Schmid, University of Oxford The Early Modern Dutch Qurʾan: A Mercantile, The Embodied Appropriation of God’s Word in the Cultural, or Missionary Endeavor? (30 min) Qurʾan and in Ascetic Circles (30 min) Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other), Comparative Religion / History of Religion Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other) (Comparative Religion / History of Religion), Religious Traditions Yoseob Song, Lutheran School of Theology at and Scriptures (History of Interpretation / Reception History / Chicago Reception Criticism) Different Ways of Looking at Joseph’s Body (30 min) Federico Stella, Sapienza University of Rome Tag(s): History of Interpretation (Interpretive Approaches) “Il suo nome è il Messia figliuolo di Maria, il qual Andrew O’Connor, St. Norbert College Messia è degno d’esser riverito in questo mondo, e Paraenesis, Recreation, and the Revocation of Bodily nell altro : How Baldassarre Loyola Mandes Translated ’ ” Agency in Surat Ya Sin (Q 36) (30 min) and Commented on Certain Qurʾanic Verses (30 min) Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other) Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other) Johanne Louise Christiansen, University of Katarzyna K. Starczewska CCHS-CSIC , Copenhagen The Qurʾan as an Authority among the Early Modern The (Not So) Monstrous Qurʾan: On Beasts and European Grammar Books of Arabic (30 min) Monsters and Where to Find Them in the Qurʾan and Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other) Bible (30 min) Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other) P22-401 International Qurʾanic Studies Association Friday, 6:00 PM–7:00 PM Graduate Student Luncheon Convention Center - 23B (Upper Level East) Saturday, 11:30 AM–1:00 PM Theme: Presidential Address Offsite Devin J. Stewart, Emory University Noah’s Boat and Other Missed Opportunities (40 min) Tag(s): Qurʾan (Other) P23-226 Todd Lawson, University of Toronto, Respondent Linguistic, Literary, and Thematic (20 min) Perspectives on the Qurʾanic Corpus Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:30 PM M22-502 Convention Center - 23B (Upper Level East) International Qurʾanic Studies Association Theme: Style and Vocabulary in the Qurʾan (II): From Text to Concepts Friday, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Convention