Female Divinity in the Qur'an

In Conversation with the Bible and the Ancient Near East
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-61802-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 197 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 291 g

This is the first book to examine how pre-Islamic/Late Antique goddesses shaped the Qur’an, including its basic theology and cosmology. Exploring the traces found in the text of cultic veneration to goddesses of Arabia and the Ancient Near East, this book analyses what these traces tell us about female power in late antique Arabia, and how this power changed on the advent of Islam. While recent studies on the Qur’anic God have typically considered the question of divinity separately from gender, this book bridges the gap between these two questions, and is therefore an essential constructive mission. This mission adduces literary and documentary evidence—including recent scholarly revolutions in Syriac literature and Arabian epigraphy—and builds upon the critical insights of preceding studies in conversation with post-biblical and Near Eastern traditions.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

El-Badawi, Emran

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Ancient Tree.- Chapter 3: The Divine Couple.- Chapter 4: Divine Birth.- Chapter 5: Daughters of God?.- Chapter 6: The Rise of Allah.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Emran El-Badawi is Dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts at Tarleton State University, where he is also Full Professor of History, Geography and GIS. He was formerly Chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Houston, where he also served as Associate Professor and Program Director of Middle Eastern Studies. He is author of  (2022);  (2013), and co-editor of  (2019). His current research projects include a book on female power in late antique Arabia, and another on hate speech as a global crisis. He has contributed to , , and .