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A Mu`tazilite defense of abrogation “against the Jews”

June 30, 2006 David Vishanoff Leave a comment
Categories: Translations Islamic legal theoryIslamic theology

Rough translation, for teaching purposes, of a Mu`tazilite defense of abrogation, framed as an argument against the Jews, from from [Abu Rashid al-Nisaburi?], Ziyadat sharh al-usul (Word file).

Al-Shatibi on the Sunna’s relationship to the Qur’an

June 30, 2006 David Vishanoff Leave a comment
Categories: Translations Islamic legal theoryIslamic theology

Rough translation, for teaching purposes, of selections from al-Shatibi, al-Muwafaqat, on the Sunna’s relationship to the Qur’an (Word file).

Manna` al-Qattan on the Qur’an and its relationship to Hadith

June 30, 2006 David Vishanoff Leave a comment
Categories: Translations Islamic theology

A rough translation, for teaching purposes, of selections from Manna` al-Qattan, Mabahith fi `ulum al-qur’an (Word file).

Mu`tazilite arguments for the created nature of the Qur’an (`Abd al-Jabbar)

June 30, 2006 David Vishanoff Leave a comment
Categories: Translations Islamic theology

A rough translation, for teaching purposes, of selections from `Abd al-Jabbar / Mankdim, Sharh al-Usul al-Khamsa (available as an html file on my old web site and as a Word file).

 

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Themes in my work

  • Digital humanities
  • General Islamic studies
  • General religious studies
  • Hermeneutics
  • Islamic legal theory
  • Islamic theology
  • Muslim Biblical Studies
  • Sacrificial listening

Recent Posts

  • Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception entry “Psalm (Genre): IV Islam” September 12, 2026
  • Theologies of Divine Speech and the Human Exigencies of Law September 29, 2025
  • Arabic Literary Papyri and Islamic Renunciant Piety: Zabur and Hadith in Vienna Papyrus AP 1854 a–b May 8, 2025
  • God’s Attributes of Will, Speech, and Justice in Muʿtazili Thought May 5, 2025
  • Review of Walter Young, The Dialectical Forge April 3, 2025

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Islamic Studies as Sacrificial Listening

Courses

  • Comparative Sacred Texts
  • Gateway to the Humanities
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