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Faculty of Oriental Studies
Series associated with Faculty of Oriental Studies
Ancient Egypt
Introducing the Qur'an
Oriental Institute
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Qur'an as literature | A principal reason for why the Qur’an managed to establish itself as a text believed to constitute divine revelation is that it is compelling literature. How do Islamic and modern Western scholars approach the Qur’an’s literary dimension? | Nicolai Sinai | 27 Feb 2018 | |
| 2 | Confirming and Clarifying: The Qur'an in conversation with earlier Judaeo-Christian traditions | The Qur’an’s original addressees must have been familiar with earlier Jewish and Christian traditions, which the Qur’an claims both to “confirm” and to “clarify”. Narratives about Abraham and the death of Pharaoh serve to exemplify what this means. | Nicolai Sinai | 27 Feb 2018 | |
| 3 | Rekindling Prophecy: The Qur'an in its historical milieu. | This second episode examines the historical context in which the material now collected in the Qur’an was first promulgated. Special attention is paid to the various groups of addressees who figure in the Qur’an. | Nicolai Sinai | 27 Feb 2018 | |
| 4 | Hovering about the Qur'an without entering into it? On the academic study of the Qur’an. | What does it mean to study the Qur’an historically? In this initial episode we consider how historically oriented research on the Qur’an relates to religious belief and to traditional Islamic scriptural interpretation. | Nicolai Sinai | 27 Feb 2018 | |
| 5 | The Life of Sinuhe | An ancient Egyptian tells his life-story from the walls of his tomb, c. 1850 BC. Read by Barbara Ewing. Translated by Richard Bruce Parkinson | Barbara Ewing, Richard Parkinson | 01 Nov 2016 | |
| 6 | The Queen Shrieks: The Shock of Ancient Egyptian Poetry | The Inaugural lecture of Richard B. Parkinson as Professor of Egyptology, accompanied by actress and author Barbara Ewing, on the emotional power of the famous Ancient Egyptian poem "The Tale of Sinuhe" | Richard Parkinson, Barbara Ewing | 27 Jun 2014 | |
| 7 | Creative Commons | One Connected Vision of Ancient Egypt: A launch of the digitised Topographical Bibliography | Richard Parkinson, Professor of Egyptology, gives a talk about the new digital Topographical Bibliography from the Griffith Institute at Oxford. | Richard Parkinson | 23 Jun 2014 |
| 8 | Creative Commons | How to Be Publishable: Graduate Training Seminar | A crash course in how to get published, from approaching the writing process to marketing your ideas. Dr. Eugene Rogan discusses the ins and outs of academic and trade publishing with insights for students at the graduate level and beyond. | Eugene Rogan | 20 Feb 2014 |