International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA)
11/23/2024
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Temacula 4 (North Tower – First Floor) – Marriott MarquisTheme: Engaging the Qur’an and Tafsir

Stephen Burge, Institute of Ismaili Studies
Twists and Turns: Tracing the Reception of al-laff wa’l-nashr in the Tafsir tradition (25 min)

Tugrul Kurt, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin – Humboldt University of Berlin
Exploring Ihsan in Qurʿan and Islamic Mystical Exegesis: A Study on Isrāʾīliyyāt Contributions (25 min)
Tag(s): Qur’an (Other), Text Criticism (Interpretive Approaches), Tradition History/Tradition Criticism (Interpretive Approaches)

Riccardo Amerigo Vigliermo, Fondazione per le Religiose (FSCIRE)
fa-qūlā la-hu, qawlan layyinan, Onomastic Prospective in the Qur’an: Reflection on the kuniya (25 min)

Zarif Rahman, University of Virginia
Intra-Textual Exegesis: Al-Māturīdī’s Commentary on the Anthropomorphic Verses of the Qurʾān (25 min)

Madeline Wyse, University of California, Berkeley
Irony in Early Islamic Exegesis: A David Narrative in the Muṣannaf of Ibn Abī Shaybah (d. 235/849) (25 min)

P23-223s

International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA)
11/23/2024
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Room: Temacula 4 (North Tower – First Floor) – Marriott MarquisTheme: Author Meets Critics Roundtable on Tehseen Thaver’s Beyond Sectarianism

SherAli Tareen, Franklin & Marshall College, Presiding

SherAli Tareen, Franklin and Marshall College
Author Meets Critics Roundtable on Tehseen Thaver’s Beyond Sectarianism (0 min)

Tehseen Thaver, Princeton University, Panelist

Cyrus Zargar, University of Central Florida, Panelist

Martin Nguyen, Fairfield University, Panelist

Ruqayya Khan, Claremont Graduate University, Panelist

P23-322s

International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA)
11/23/2024
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: Temacula 4 (North Tower – First Floor) – Marriott MarquisTheme: The Qur’an, Israelites, and Moses

Holger Zellentin, University of Tuebingen
The Qur’anic Israelites: Jews, or Jews and Christians? (25 min)

Heydar Davoudi, Northwestern University
The Qurʾānic Discourse on Moses’ Family in the Burning Tree Theophany (25 min)

Fahed Masalkhi, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Musa and Khidr: A New Perspective (25 min)

Asad Uz Zaman, The Ohio State University – Near East and S. Asia
Al-Khidr as a Qur’anicized Raphael? (25 min)

Roberta Sabbath, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Examples from the Female Ancestors of the Messianic Lineage in Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and Qur’an: Righteousness and Compassion, Faithfulness and Obedience, and Beauty and Goodness (25 min)

P24-128s

International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA)
11/24/2024
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Temacula 4 (North Tower – First Floor) – Marriott MarquisTheme: Qur’anic Studies: Inscriptions, Translations, and New Testamenst Studies

Abdulla Galadari, Khalifa University
Echoes and Adaptations: The Qur’an and the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (25 min)
Tag(s): Qur’an (Other), Gospels – Luke (Biblical Literature – New Testament), Intertextuality (Interpretive Approaches)

Rebecca Williams, University of South Alabama
Qur’an 2:138 and the story of Jesus and the Dyer (25 min)
Tag(s): Qur’an (Other), Nag Hammadi codices (Early Christian Literature – Gnostic Literature)

Gabriel Said Reynolds, Notre Dame
Paradox in the Qur’an (25 min)

Francesca Badini, FSCIRE (Palermo)
The Unfortunate Case of “Il Corano” (1967) Translated by Martino Mario Moreno (1892 – 1964) (25 min)

Zeinab Vessal, Graduate Theological Union
Verses on ʿAlam: Qurʾānic inscriptions on Metal Finials in Shīʿa Muslim Societies (25 min)