Angelika Neuwirth

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Neuwirth, Angelika (2007). "Orientalism in Oriental Studies? Qur'anic Studies as a Case in Point". Journal of Qur'anic Studies. 9 (21): 115–127. doi:10.3366/e1465359108000119. JSTOR   25728259.
  • Neuwirth, Angelika (2008). "Two Views of History and Human Future: Qur'anic and Biblical Renderings of Divine Promises". Journal of Qur'anic Studies. 10 (1): 1–20. doi:10.3366/e1465359109000217. JSTOR   25728268.
  • Neuwirth, Angelika (2010). Der Koran als Text der Spätantike: Ein europäischer Zugang. Berlin: Insel Verlag. ISBN   9783458710264. English translation: Neuwirth, Angelika (2019). The Qur'an and Late Antiquity: A Shared Heritage. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780199928958.
  • Neuwirth, Angelika; Sinai, Nicolai; Marx, Michael (2010). The Quran in context: historical and literary investigations into the Quranic milieu. Leiden: Brill. ISBN   978-9004176881.
  • Neuwirth, Angelika (2014). Scripture, Poetry and the Making of a Community: Reading the Qur'an as a Literary Text. Oxford: OUP. ISBN   9780198701644.
  • Neuwirth, Angelika (2010–2017). Der Koran. Handkommentar mit Übersetzung. Berlin: Insel Verlag. (The Qur'ān: A Hand-Commentary with German Translation.) Five volumes planned:
  • Neuwirth, Angelika (2011). Band 1: Frühmekkanische Suren. Poetische Prophetie. Berlin: Insel Verlag. ISBN   978-3-458-75981-2. (Volume 1: Early Meccan Suras. Poetic Prophecy)
  • Neuwirth, Angelika (2017). Band 2/1: Frühmittelmekkanische Suren. Das neue Gottesvolk. Berlin: Insel Verlag. ISBN   978-3-458-70039-5. (Volume 2/1: Early Middle Meccan Suras. The New People of God.)
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    Angelika Neuwirth

    FBA
    Born1943 (age 8081)
    OccupationProfessor
    Titleprofessor, doctor of philosophy
    Academic background
    Alma mater Universities of Berlin, Tehran, Göttingen, Jerusalem, Munich