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Date: 20 Oct 2000
From: Alex Bellem <ab89 at soas.ac.uk>
Subject: Journal of Quranic Studies Vo. 2 Issue 1

  The Centre of Islamic Studies at SOAS is pleased to announce the
 publication of volume 2, issue 1 of the Journal of Qur'anic Studies.

                          English Articles
  Yasin Dutton: 'Red Dots, Green Dots, Yellow Dots and Blue: Some
   Reflections on the Vocalisation of Early Qur'anic Manuscripts'
  Angelika Neuwirth: 'Negotiating Justice: A Pre-Canonical Reading
                 of the Qur'anic Creation Accounts'
   Mustafa Shah: 'The Philological Endeavours of the Early Arabic
                             Linguists'
    Ian Richard Netton: 'Surat al-Kahf: Structure and Semiotics'
    Neal Robinson: 'The Structure and Interpretation of Surat al-
                             Mu'minun'
     Muzaffar Iqbal: 'Abdullah Yusuf Ali and Muhammad Asad: Two
        Approaches to the English Translation of the Qur'an'

                          Arabic Articles
     Tammam Hassan: 'The Children of Israel in Ancient Egypt as
                       Taken from the Qur'an'
  'Abd al-Karim Khalifa: 'The Meaning of Hikma in Surat al-Baqara'
       Ahmad Mukhtar Omar: 'Complete and Near Synonymy in the
                              Qur'an'

                            Book Reviews
 David Buchman (trans.): Al-Ghazali, The Niche of Lights. By Toby
                               Mayer
   David Marshall: God, Muhammad and the Unbelievers: A Qur'anic
                       Study. By H.T. Norris
   Charles Kurzman (ed.): Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook. By Basheer
                               M. Nafi
   Ian Richard Netton (ed.): Middle East Sources: A MELCOM Guide
    to Middle Eastern and Islamic Books and Materials in United
            Kingdom and Irish Libraries. By H.T. Norris
      Kenneth Cragg: Readings in the Qur'an. By James W. Morris
      Aisha Bewley (trans.): Ibn Sa'd: The Women of Madina. By
                           Farhana Mayer

                 Notes, Reports and Correspondence
             Murad W. Hofman: 'Germany and the Qur'an'
 Badri Najib Zubir: 'The International Qur'an Reciters' Assembly in
                             Malaysia'
   H.B. Haleem: 'Art and Blessing: The Whole Qur'an on One Poster'
       'Hassan Ma'ayergi: The International Qur'anic Society'
       Mahmoud el-Saied el-Doghim: 'The Sherifuvitch Mushaf'

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The Journal of Qur'anic Studies is a biannual, bilingual, peer-
reviewed journal, published by Edinburgh University Press on behalf
of the Centre of Islamic Studies at SOAS.

The Journal of Qur'anic Studies 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. In addition, JQS publishes articles in both Arabic and
English, to encourage the bridging of the gap between the two
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