The Qurʾan Seminar is a research project organized by the International Qurʾanic Studies Association (IQSA). At the heart of the project is the collaborative study of selected Qurʾanic passages. Of particular interest to this study are the following questions:
1. The structure of the Qurʾan (its logical, rhetorical, and literary qualities, or naẓm)
2. The Qurʾan’s intertextual relationships (with both Biblical and other literary traditions)
3. The Qurʾan’s historical context in Late Antiquity
The methodology of the Seminar is Qurʾanist inasmuch as scholars are encouraged to address the Qurʾan directly and to not rely on classical exegesis as a lens through which to view the text.
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