Nicolai Sinai
Appearance
Nicolai Sinai (born 1976) is a German scholar of Qur'anic studies and Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Oxford.[1]
Biography
[edit]Sinai studied Arabic and philosophy at the University of Leipzig, the Free University of Berlin and the University of Cairo. He received his doctorate from the Free University of Berlin in 2007.[1]
Since 2011, Sinai has taught Islamic studies at the University of Oxford, successively as lecturer, associate professor and professor.[1]
His research focuses on historical-critical Quran studies, Islamic Quran reception, philosophy and theology in the Islamic cultural area.[1]
Works
[edit]- Der Koran. Eine Einführung (2017)[2]
- The Qur'an. A Historical-Critical Introduction (2017)[3]
- Rain-Giver, Bone-Breaker, Score-Settler: Allāh in Pre-Quranic Poetry (2019)[4]
- Unlocking the Medinan Qur’an (ed.) (2022)[5]
- Key Terms of the Qur'an. A Critical Dictionary(2023)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Professor Nicolai Sinai". Pembroke college. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ Reviews of Der Koran. Eine Einführung:
- Reinhard Schulze, Journal of Qur'anic Studies, Volume 21 Issue 1, Page 127-128
- ^ Reviews of The Qur'an. A Historical-Critical Introduction:
- Durie, Mark. Journal of the American Oriental Society; Ann Arbor Vol. 140, Iss. 2, (Apr-Jun 2020): 509-511
- Loynes, Simon P. (2020). "Nicolai Sinai, The Quran: A Historical-Critical Introduction". Der Islam. 97 (1): 284–288. doi:10.1515/islam-2020-0021. ISSN 1613-0928.
- Stephenson, Christopher (2021). "THE QUR'AN: A HISTORICAL-CRITICAL INTRODUCTION. By NicolaiSinai. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017. Pp. Ix + 140. Paper, $39.95". Religious Studies Review. 47 (4): 519. doi:10.1111/rsr.15519. ISSN 0319-485X.
- ^ Reviews of Rain-Giver, Bone-Breaker, Score-Settler: Allāh in Pre-Quranic Poetry:
- Lindstedt, Ilkka (2020-11-30). "Review of Nicolai SINAI, Rain-Giver, Bone-Breaker, Score-Settler: Allāh in Pre-Quranic Poetry". Journal of the International Qur'anic Studies Association. 5 (s1): 58–73. doi:10.1515/jiqsa-2020-06s106. ISSN 2474-8420.
- ^ Reviews of Unlocking the Medinan Qur’an :
- Emmanuelle Stefanidis , “Nicolai Sinai (ed.), Unlocking the Medinan Qur'an ” , Critical Bulletin of the Annales Islamologiques [Online], 38 | 2024, Online since 14 April 2024 , connection on 03 August 2024 . URL : http://journals.openedition.org/bcai/4939; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/bcai.4939
- ^ "Key Terms of the Qur'an: A Critical Dictionary". Princeton University Press. Retrieved 15 October 2024.