The Bible and the Qur'an in Ismaili Sources
An Academic Panel organised by the Quranic Studies Unit of The Institute of Ismaili Studies together with the Society of Biblical Literature
6th July 2011, 8.30 - 11.30am
Room 1.60 - Franklin Wilkins
King’s College London, Waterloo Campus
57 Waterloo Road
SE1 8UB
Panel Organisers:
Omar Ali-de-Unzaga, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK
Michael Pregill, Elon University, USA
Panel Chair:
Omar Ali-de-Unzaga, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK
Panel Members:
Paul E. Walker, University of Chicago, USA
Early Ismaili Attitudes to the Religion and Scripture of Christians and Jews
David Hollenberg, University of Oregon, USA
The Nature of Fatimid Universalism: Ja‘far ibn Mansur al-Yaman’s ta’wil of non-Islamic Sources
Daniel De Smet, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Jan Van Reeth, The Faculty for Comparative Study of Religions, Belgium
The Isma‘ili da‘i Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani (d. ca. 1021) Quoting the Bible in Syriac and Hebrew: His Sources and Purposes
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