Walid Saleh

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Walid Ahmad Saleh is a Lebanese [1] scholar of Quranic exegesis and a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Toronto. [2]

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His work explores the Qur'an, the history of Qur'anic interpretation, the Arabic manuscript tradition, Islamic apocalyptic thought, and Muslim engagement with the Bible. [2] [3]

Biography

Education

Walid Saleh attended the American University of Beirut, graduating with a BA in Arabic language and literature in 1989. [2] He later pursued graduate studies at Yale University, obtaining an MA in 1996 and completing his PhD in Islamic studies in 2001, supervised by Gerhard Bowering. [2] [4] He received a DAAD grant in 1996–1997, and studied in Hamburg under the tutelage of the late Albrecht Noth. [2]

Career

Saleh served as an assistant professor at Middlebury College in Vermont, USA, from 1999 to 2002. He then joined the University of Toronto in 2002 as an assistant professor, where he held various academic roles. He received tenure in 2007 and was promoted to associate professor. Later, he became a Distinguished Professor, serving in that capacity from 2010 to 2013. [4]

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). [5] Additionally, he has received funding from the SSHRC and the Library of Congress' Kluge Foundation. [2]

Selected works

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References

  1. ↑ Saleh, Walid A. (2004). The Formation of the Classical Tafsīr Tradition: The Qurʼān Commentary of Al-Thaʻlabī (d. 427/1035) by Walid A. Saleh. BRILL. p. x. ISBN   978-90-04-12777-7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Walid Saleh". Department for the Study of Religion. 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  3. ↑ "Mr. Walid A. Saleh – Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies". Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies – Institut dominicain d’études orientales. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
  4. 1 2 "Walid Saleh" (PDF). journals.qu.edu.qa. Qatar University . Retrieved 2025-03-27.
  5. ↑ "Prof. Dr. Walid Ahmad Saleh". Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation. 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
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