The Binding of Isaac: Isaac or Ishmael?
The Van Leer Jerusalem InstituteIqbal Abd El-Raziq with Prof. Ishay Rosen-Zvi (Tel Aviv University)
Scholarship Ceremony in Memory of Dr. Ilana Sasson Z”L
Rosenberg Building, Hall 01, Tel Aviv University Rosenberg Building, Tel AvivThe Department of Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University cordially invites you to the ceremony of granting a scholarship in memory of Dr. Ilana Sasson Z”L on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 2–4 PM, at the Rosenberg Building, Hall 01. Please … Continued
A Status Quaestionis of Research in the Arabic Bible
A Status Quaestionis of Research on the Arabic Bible can be found here https://www.academia.edu/36384637/The_Status_Quaestionis_of_Research_on_the_Arabic_Bible Published in Semitic Linguistics and Manuscripts : A Liber Discipulorum in Honour of Professor Geoffrey Khan, eds. Nadia Vidro, Ronny Vollandt, Esther-Miriam Wagner, Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, Studia … Continued
“The One with the Mantle” – Dhū al-Kifl in Early and Classical Muslim Sources: An Etymological Examination
Rämistrasse 59, Room RAA-G-01, University of ZurichIqbal Abd El-Raziq (Tel Aviv University) presented "'The One with the Mantle' – Dhū al-Kifl in Early and Classical Muslim Sources: An Etymological Examination" at the international conference "Polemics and Prophethood in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam" organized by the Sigi … Continued
SBL/EABS 2018 Program
University of Helinski Yliopistonkatu 4, HelinskiThe Research Group "The Bible in Arabic in Judaism, Christianity, Islam" will be hosting sessions on commentary literature and translation and interpretation at the European Association of Biblical Studies/Society of Biblical Literature International conference. The sessions will be hosted jointly … Continued
Biblia Arabica Team Meets with Partners in Athens to Discuss Cataloguing of Mt. Sinai Manuscripts
Three members of the Biblia Arabica team joined discussions last weekend in Athens aimed at developing a proposal to catalogue and describe the hundreds of Arabic and Syriac manuscripts in St. Catherine’s Monastery of the Sinai, the oldest continuously operating … Continued
An introduction to Judaeo-Arabic bible translations with an emphasis on the Karaite bible translator and commentator Yefet Ben Eli
Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Dialekte und Sprachvariation Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-NuernbergDr. Arik Sadan (Tel Aviv/Jerusalem) presented "An introduction to Judaeo-Arabic bible translations with an emphasis on the Karaite bible translator and commentator Yefet Ben Eli" in the conference "Bibeluebersetzungen in sprachvergleichender Perspektive." (Click to download the program.)
Christian Arabic Approaches to Psalms: Reception, Novelty, and Jewish-Christian Interaction
Rosenberg Building, Room 208, Tel Aviv UniversityDr. Miriam Lindgren Hjälm (Sankt Ignatios Theological Academy and Stockholm School of Theology) will present "Christian Arabic Approaches to Psalms: Reception, Novelty, and Jewish-Christian Interaction" at Tel Aviv University's Department of Biblical Studies in the Guest Lectures of the Departmental … Continued
Recently Published: Jewish Biblical Exegesis from Islamic Lands. The Medieval Period.
Meira Polliack and Athalya Brenner-Idan, editors An accessible point of entry into the rich medieval religious landscape of Jewish biblical exegesis Medieval Judeo-Arabic translations of the Hebrew Bible and their commentaries provide a rich source for understanding a formative period … Continued
Dr. Iqbal Abdel Raziq: 2021 winner of Peras Gorgias
Dr. Iqbal Abdel Raziq will receive a book contract and academic editing of their unedited, English-language book draft. Dr. Iqbal Abdel Raziq is a scholar of the Qur’an whose research focuses on its literary aspects, its interaction with Jewish and … Continued
