But Stefan Wild liked it so much that he stayed there through 25 years until he took his retirement in 2002.ĭuring all these years he was an important intellectual presence in Germany. You’re already intimidated when you’re at the last word. So you see what a good classical traditional German University makes up a name. In 1974 the University of Amsterdam called him and offered him the chair of Semitic languages and Islamic studies which he accepted and he stayed there for three years and was then called to the – and I cannot resist to give the whole name of the University – the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn. Immediately afterwards, the same year after, he was appointed director of the German Orient Institute in Beirut where he stayed until 1974. He took his PhD in 1961 and his publication in 1968 at the University of Munich. ![]() Following a very old classical German tradition of going to a series of Universities before you finally decide where you want to do your final exam. Stefan Wild studied in Munich, in Yale, in Ehrlangen and Tübingen. So it’s a great pleasure for us and an honor to have him here and deliver the Gibb lectures for us. Stefan Wild is a fixture in the sky of Quranic studies and much beyond that. This will be I think a pleasant and important event. Conclusion: The Quran is the last document of monotheismĠ0:00-3:51 Stefan Wild is introduced by Baber Johansen, director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.The Berlin project and the cultural context of the Quran.The Sana’a manuscripts found at the Great Mosque in Yemen.Corpus Coranicum represents a major trend of contemporary Quranic studies in Germany.Christoph Luxenberg’s Syro-Aramaic hypothesis.The dissaray and chaos of Quranic Studies.I have outlined the lecture and here are some of the main headings: 1 See Stefan Wild, “Lost in Philology? The Virgins of Paradise and the Luxenberg Hypothesis” in The Quran in Context, edited by Neuwirth, Sinai, Marx, pp.625-647). Stephan Wild disagrees with “Luxenberg’s” method and results. Stefan Wild explains that Luxenburg’s hypothesis is not a part of critical scholarly consensus – not to mention Islamic consensus. Yet, many western non-Arabic speakers treat “Christoph Luxenberg’s” conclusions as if they were facts. This is based on a tenuous hypothesis proposed by a scholar who writes under the pseudonym “Christoph Luxenberg.” This is a hypothesis about the Quran so controversial that this scholar conceals his identity. For example, many westerners have recently been arguing that the Quran promises grapes or dates and not virgins in Paradise. ![]() I’ve taken the time to transcribe much of this lecture because there is a lot of misinformation floating around about the Quran. This particular lecture was sponsored by Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Stefan Wild is the only modern Western scholar in the field of oriental studies to be invited to Medina to participate in a scholarly debate about the Quran. Stefan Wild is a leading scholar in oriental studies, the Quran, Arabic lexicography, classical and modern Arabic literature. ![]() The History of the Quran: Why is there no State of the Art? Stefan Wild
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