The Bible and the Quran 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

6^th 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