Shari L Lowin
Biographic Data
| ID | 2570459 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shari L Lowin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shari L |
| FAMILY NAME | Lowin |
| SIGNATURE | LOWIN S L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stonehill College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Rule of Peshat
The Jews Say the Hand of God is Chained
In Q. 5:64, the Qur'an accuses the Jews of describing God as a deity with a chained (maghlūla) hand, a charge the Qur'an understands as indicating divine miserliness. However, a foray into Jewish teachings reveals that no such statement of God's niggardliness can be found in the Jewish tradition. While scholars have suggested Psalms 72:11 and Lamentations 2:3 as possible sources, in both the image is of a deity withdrawing His military might, not…
Abraham in Islamic and Jewish Exegesis
Jewish and Muslim exegetical narratives on the shared forefathers (known as midrash aggadah and al-anbiyā '/isrā'iliyyāt) have long been recognized as a meeting point of Judaism and Islam. Early studies of the forefathers, Abraham in particular, strove to 'prove' that much of what appeared in the Islamic exegetical materials derived from the traditions that predated Islam, mainly Judaism. More recent scholarship has abandoned such a reductionist …
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Abraham in Islamic and Jewish Exegesis
Jewish and Muslim exegetical narratives on the shared forefathers (known as midrash aggadah and al-anbiyā '/isrā'iliyyāt) have long been recognized as a meeting point of Judaism and Islam. Early studies of the forefathers, Abraham in particular, strove to 'prove' that much of what appeared in the Islamic exegetical materials derived from the traditions that predated Islam, mainly Judaism. More recent scholarship has abandoned such a reductionist …
The Jews Say the Hand of God is Chained
In Q. 5:64, the Qur'an accuses the Jews of describing God as a deity with a chained (maghlūla) hand, a charge the Qur'an understands as indicating divine miserliness. However, a foray into Jewish teachings reveals that no such statement of God's niggardliness can be found in the Jewish tradition. While scholars have suggested Psalms 72:11 and Lamentations 2:3 as possible sources, in both the image is of a deity withdrawing His military might, not…
The Rule of Peshat
Judaism (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (2 works) · Midrash (2 works)