Integrity of the Qur''an - Sunni and Shii Historical Narratives

Advances the method of isnād-cum-matn analysis for unravelling complex aspects of early Islamic history.

About the author

Seyfeddin Kara is an Assistant Professor of Islamic Origins at University of Groningen. He is also a Marie Sklodawski Curie Global Fellow at Lund University and the University of Toronto. He holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Durham. Dr Kara's academic journey includes a prestigious Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship, with research terms at the University of Toronto, the University of Lund, and the University of Göttingen. He has received grants from the European Union, Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and other funding bodies. Dr Kara has also taught at the University of Durham, UK, and served as an Assistant Professor at Hartford International University, US. His scholarly work encompasses research articles in journals such as the Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, the Muslim World, and Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. Kara authored In Search of Ali ibn Abi Talib's Codex: History and Traditions of the Earliest Copy of the Qurʾan (2018).

Summary

Advances the method of isnad-cum-matn analysis for unravelling complex aspects of early Islamic history.

Product details

• Authors: Seyfeddin Kara, Seyfeddin (Assistant Professor of Islamic Or Kara, Seyfeddin Kara
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2024
• EAN: 9781474462235
• ISBN: 978-1-4744-6223-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Scripture and Theology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works