Great article Professor. I’m as well highly interested in Christian-Muslims relations and critical studies on Islamic origins. As far as I can remember, I’ve had cognitive dissonance about Islamic origins. I tend to highly respect the opinion of Schwally, Paret, Neurith and Nöldeke of the German school who think the Qur’an is an early 7th century text but internal cues seem to suggest it is a later composition, a thesis(as you already pointed out) Shoemaker puts forward (currently reading the book). I live in Nigeria, so it’s an extreme sport laying my hands on the requisite scholarship to study but I hope I’ll be able do so in the coming years.
It is light of my interest that I’m currently writing what I hope to be a definitive substack article on the Islamic view on Taḥrīf [of the Bible]. I would love to connect with you if you really do not mind, Professor.
In any case, looking forward to more of your work and Godspeed on that chapter. Thank you.
Thank you for your comment. Sure, let's keep in contact about my Quran chapter. Also, about taḥrīf: I checked the early Muslim commentaries on this theme in my PhD research, published as "Narratives of Tampering" (Brill 2011), with a short summary at https://www.academia.edu/2105674 Then friends in India asked me to help respond to the polemical work Iẓhār ul-ḥaqq, which I did in "The Gentle Answer" (sample at academia.edu/83915684/). Yes I wish you well as you compose that substack.
Thank you so much Dr. Nickel. I have a copy of Iẓhār ul-ḥaqq and I hoped in the coming years i’d spend time responding to the arguments. Good to know you’ve done great work on that already, I appreciate the links. Apparently, I already have one of your article.
On connecting, I’m already a follower on Twitter, my handle is @Mohsule_ .
Dr. Nickel, I’ve been trying it to correspond to you by email but I’ve not been able to get it. If you don’t mind, I’d really like to discuss something quite important on the Qur’an. Again, I already follow you on Twitter: @Mohsule_
Friend, in academic discourse the word "critical" has nothing to do with a hostile manner. Rather, it means examining and judging something carefully, or containing careful or analytical evaluations, etc. That is how I use the word in the article above. Cheers.
Great article Professor. I’m as well highly interested in Christian-Muslims relations and critical studies on Islamic origins. As far as I can remember, I’ve had cognitive dissonance about Islamic origins. I tend to highly respect the opinion of Schwally, Paret, Neurith and Nöldeke of the German school who think the Qur’an is an early 7th century text but internal cues seem to suggest it is a later composition, a thesis(as you already pointed out) Shoemaker puts forward (currently reading the book). I live in Nigeria, so it’s an extreme sport laying my hands on the requisite scholarship to study but I hope I’ll be able do so in the coming years.
It is light of my interest that I’m currently writing what I hope to be a definitive substack article on the Islamic view on Taḥrīf [of the Bible]. I would love to connect with you if you really do not mind, Professor.
In any case, looking forward to more of your work and Godspeed on that chapter. Thank you.
Thank you for your comment. Sure, let's keep in contact about my Quran chapter. Also, about taḥrīf: I checked the early Muslim commentaries on this theme in my PhD research, published as "Narratives of Tampering" (Brill 2011), with a short summary at https://www.academia.edu/2105674 Then friends in India asked me to help respond to the polemical work Iẓhār ul-ḥaqq, which I did in "The Gentle Answer" (sample at academia.edu/83915684/). Yes I wish you well as you compose that substack.
Thank you so much Dr. Nickel. I have a copy of Iẓhār ul-ḥaqq and I hoped in the coming years i’d spend time responding to the arguments. Good to know you’ve done great work on that already, I appreciate the links. Apparently, I already have one of your article.
On connecting, I’m already a follower on Twitter, my handle is @Mohsule_ .
Dr. Nickel, I’ve been trying it to correspond to you by email but I’ve not been able to get it. If you don’t mind, I’d really like to discuss something quite important on the Qur’an. Again, I already follow you on Twitter: @Mohsule_
Thank you, Dr. Nickel.
Friend, in academic discourse the word "critical" has nothing to do with a hostile manner. Rather, it means examining and judging something carefully, or containing careful or analytical evaluations, etc. That is how I use the word in the article above. Cheers.