• Présentation

This project examines the relationship between the Quran and the Hebrew Bible, with an emphasis on Genesis. It argues that the differences between quranic and biblical narrations of a given episode are deliberate, as the Quran explicitly aims to reinterpret and correct the Late Antiquity Jewish understanding(s) of the Bible. This argument is demonstrated and supported via the quranic consonantal wordplays on the Hebrew text of the Hebrew Bible. The Quran creates such wordplays by including in its retellings of biblical narrations Arabic vocabulary that sounds similar to the respective biblical Hebrew text, but has a different meaning. These wordplays are evidence that the Quran is familiar with the literal text of (at least parts) of Genesis (and other sections in the Hebrew Bible) in Hebrew (rather than Syriac, as is the prevalent scholarly view). Moreover, such cases of quranic engagements with biblical narratives also reflect familiarity with the exegetical reception history of the Hebrew Bible. This study therefore contributes towards rethinking the background(s) against which the Quran has emerged

• Auteur

Présentée par Zohar Hadromi-Allouche : Assistant Professor, Religions and Theology, Trinity College Dublin (Irlande). Professor Hadromi-Allouche specialized in Classical Islamic Religious Thought and Dialogue in Trinity College Dublin, particularly medieval Islam and Islamic religious tradition. She holds a BA in Arabic Language and Literature and History of the Middle East from Tel Aviv University (1994) and a PhD in Religious Studies from SOAS (2006). He PhD dissertation focused the figure of Satan in the Islamic tradition, and established its ambivalent and liminal character. In 2011 I took a full position with the University of Aberdeen School of Divinity and then joined the School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies in Trinity College Dublin in 2019. Her current research examines liminal, ambivalent, and transitional processes in and around the Islamic tradition, in diverse contexts. These include, for example, characters (e.g., Eve), inter-religious relations (Zoroastrian / Greek /Jewish / Islamic), inter-scriptural (Qur’an / Bible), or academic disciplines (literature, art, religion). Source: The conversation.

• Lieu/Horaire

Jeudi 27 mars  (17h-18h30) : Salle de conférence – Misha, 5 allée du Général Rouvillois, 67000 Strasbourg

• Source

The Quran, Hebrew, and the Bible | Institut d’islamologie