Walid Saleh

Walid Ahmad Saleh is a scholar of Quranic studies and professor of Islamic studies at the University of Toronto.[1]

Biography

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Walid Saleh attended the American University of Beirut, and graduated with a BA in Arabic language and literature in 1989. He received a PhD in Islamic studies from Yale University in 2001. He received a DAAD grant in 1996–1997, and pursued his studies in Hamburg under the tutelage of the late Albrecht Noth.[1] Saleh has received numerous honors and fellowships. He was awarded a New Directions Fellowship by the Mellon Foundation in 2014, and the Humboldt Foundation in Germany has made him a Konrad Adenauer Fellow (2017). Additionally, he has received funding from the SSHRC and the Library of Congress' Kluge Foundation.[1]

Works

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  • In Defense of the Bible: A Critical Edition and an Introduction to Al-Biqa`i's Bible Treatise[2]
  • The Formation of the Classical Tafsir Tradition[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Walid Saleh". Department for the Study of Religion. 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  2. ^ Reviews of In Defense of the Bible: A Critical Edition and an Introduction to Al-Biqa`i's Bible Treatise:
    • Kueny, Kathryn (2009). "In Defense of the Bible". American Journal of Islam and Society. 26 (4). International Institute of Islamic Thought: 105–107. doi:10.35632/ajis.v26i4.1365. ISSN 2690-3741.
    • David Vishanoff, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 129, No. 2 (April–June 2009), pp. 323-325
    • Dayeh, Islam (2008). "In Defense of the Bible: A Critical Edition and an Introduction to al-Biqāʿī's Bible Treatise". Journal of Qur'anic Studies. 10 (2). Edinburgh University Press: 101–106. doi:10.3366/e146535910900045x. ISSN 1465-3591.
    • AO Sanni, Ilorin Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2012)
    • Guo, Li (2011). "In Defense of the Bible: A Critical Edition and an Introduction to al-Biqā'ī's Bible Treatise (review)". University of Toronto Quarterly. 80 (2). Project Muse: 270–271. doi:10.1353/utq.2011.0050. ISSN 1712-5278. S2CID 161529832.
  3. ^ Reviews of The Formation of the Classical Tafsir Tradition:
    • Rizvi, Sajjad H. (2007). "The Formation of the Classical Tafsir Tradition". American Journal of Islam and Society. 24 (3). International Institute of Islamic Thought: 130–132. doi:10.35632/ajis.v24i3.1537. ISSN 2690-3741.
    • BERG, HERBERT (2005). "WALID A. SALEH, The Formation of the Classical Tafsīr Tradition: The Quran Commentary of al-Thalabi (d. 427/1035), Texts and Studies on the Quran". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 37 (4). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 617–619. doi:10.1017/s0020743805242228. ISSN 0020-7438. S2CID 163138360.
    • Stefan Wild, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Jul., 2005), pp. 228-230
    • Karen Bauer, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 125, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 2005), pp. 470-473
    • Hans-Thomas Tillschneider, Die Welt des Islams, New Series, Vol. 48, Issue 1 (2008), pp. 111-117
    • Uri Rubin, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, vol.30 (2005): 540 – 543.
    • H. Masud Taj, The Muslim World Book Review, vol.25, no.1 (2004): 36 – 38.