
The Quran: How to Read a Sacred Text?
10th February: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm GMT
Reading the Quran can be quite disorienting for anyone who wishes to explore the holy book of Islam independently. It contains repetitions, a diversity of literary genres, and numerous and often complex allusions. This is because the text must be understood in dialogue both with the literary traditions that preceded it, notably the Bible and Syriac patristic texts, and with the interpretive traditions that later sought to explain it. In this online talk Adrien Candiard O.P., Cairo, will examine the Quran from a reader’s perspective and place the holy book in a historical context. Professor Michael Scott will chair.
This event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. It is part of the series, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.Â
Online. Free and open to all. Registration is required.
Rev. Adrien Candiard, O.P., is a Dominican friar at the Cairo priory. He is a scholar in Islamic studies and a member of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies. His research focuses on Islamic theology, particularly on Ibn Taymiyya.
Upcoming events in this series
Philip Lavender, Gothenburg
24 Feb: ‘Encounters in 17th Century Iceland: The Saga of Hamlet’
Clare Asquith
3 Mar: ‘Willa Cather: Death comes for the Archbishop’
Barbara Mujica, Georgetown,
3pm, 17 Mar: ‘Cervantes: Don Quixote’
Dominic White O.P.
3pm, 24 Mar: ‘Lucy Beckett: A Postcard from the Volcano’
Maureen Corrigan, Georgetown
31 Mar: ‘F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby’
Richard Finn O.P.
7 Apr: ‘Pope Leo XIII: Rerum Novarum’
TBA
14 Apr
Martin Ganeri O.P., The Angelicum (PUST)
28 Apr: ‘The Hindu Scripture Bhagavad Gita’
Contact:
Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University
lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk