Danny Crowther (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies, Oxford) & Shirin Shafaie (SOAS): ‘The Psalms and the Qu’ran’

When:
March 7, 2017 @ 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm
2017-03-07T18:15:00+00:00
2017-03-07T19:15:00+00:00
Where:
Ursell Room, Pusey House
24 Little Clarendon St
Oxford OX1 2HU
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
The Oxford Psalms Network

The contents of many Psalms resonate with the contents of the Qur’an. The contents of many other Psalms are discordant with Qur’anic norms of what a scripture is and how it functions. This lecture will explore how this combination of resonance and dissonance enables the Psalms to be used as a key to understanding the Qur’an and the Qur’an to be used as a key to understanding the Psalms.