Journal of Qur’anic Studies
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Journal of Qur’anic Studies
Journal of Qur’anic Studies (JQS)
Editor-in-Chief: Professor M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, SOAS University of London
Frequency: Three times a year (February, June, and October)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press on behalf of the Centre for Islamic Studies at SOAS
Print ISSN: 1465-3591
Online ISSN: 1755-1730
The Journal of Qur’anic Studies (JSQ), launched in October 1999, is the first scholarly periodical dedicated to the study of the Qur’an. It aims to encourage and promote the study of the Qur’an from a wide range of scholarly perspectives, reflecting the diversity of approaches characteristic of this field of scholarship.
The Journal is a triannual, bilingual, peer-reviewed journal and publishes original articles on all aspects of the Qur’an, focusing on the linguistic and stylistic features of the text, while also discussing the Qur’an’s influence on literature, theology, law and political and social studies.
In addition, the Journal of Qur’anic Studies addresses new approaches and ways of reading and re-reading the Qur’an. The traditional concern with the ‘determination’ of the origin and development of the Qur’an is now just one of many approaches being adopted by scholars in their exploration of the Qur’an as a sacred text, a cultural phenomenon, a historical source and literary masterpiece. All of these approaches, new and old, may inform each other, and a dedicated periodical is a useful way of enabling the diverse and developing methods of Qur’an scholarship to come together.
JQS publishes articles both in English and Arabic, to encourage the bridging of the gap between the two traditions of Muslim and Western scholarship. The Journal of Qur’anic Studies is principally dedicated to the publication of original papers, with a book review section including reviews of new works on the Qur’an in the various languages of the Muslim world, as well as the output of the western academic presses.
JQS also includes a ‘Notes and Correspondence’ section, which is intended as a space for members of the Qur’anic studies community to contribute news and information on current research, projects and developments in the field, including new courses, conferences, Qur’an-related activities on the Internet, CD-Rom releases, and other items of interest.
JQS is published by Edinburgh University Press on behalf of the Centre for Islamic Studies at SOAS.
Editors
- Professor M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (Editor-in-Chief), SOAS University of London
- Dr Helen Blatherwick, SOAS University of London
- Professor Hugh Kennedy, SOAS University of London
- Professor Abdul Hakim al-Matroudi, SOAS University of London
- Dr Mustafa Shah, SOAS University of London
Editorial Advisors
- Professor Nuria de Castilla, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études, PSL
- Professor Lejla Demiri, Universität Tübingen
- Dr Salwa El-Awa, University of Swansea
- Professor Alain George, University of Oxford
- Professor Sebastian Günther, University of Göttingen
- Professor Carole Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh
- Professor Thomas Hoffmann, Københavns Universitet
- Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu, IRCICA, Istanbul
- Professor A.H. Johns, Australian National University
- Dr Baha al-Din Khurramshahi, Academy of the Persian Language, Tehran
- Dr M.O. Klar, University of Oxford
- Professor Todd Lawson, University of Toronto
- Professor Oliver Leaman, University of Kentucky
- Professor Joseph E. Lowry, University of Pennsylvania
- Professor Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Library of Congress
- Professor Mustansir Mir, Youngstown State University, Ohio
- Professor Ian Richard Netton, University of Exeter
- Professor Angelika Neuwirth, Freie Universität, Berlin
- Professor Andrew Rippin, University of Victoria
- Professor Walid Saleh, University of Toronto
- Professor Amidu Sanni, Lagos State University
- Professor H. Shafie, Cairo University
- Emeritus Professor Stefan Sperl, SOAS University of London
- Professor Devin Stewart, Emory University
- Professor Ahmed Mohamed el-Tayeb, Al-Azhar University
- Professor Shawkat Toorawa, Yale University
- Dr Badri Najib Zubir, Islamic International University, Malaysia
- Professor Muhammad Sani Zahradeen, Bayero University, Nigeria