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
- Paul E. Walker, University of Chicago, USA