Day: February 20, 2017

• Close Reading in the Qur’an

  Notes on Chapter 2 (“Close Readings, Old and New”) of Michael Birkel, ed. Qur’an in Conversation (Waco, TX: Baylor UP, 2014) 33-35.] Mohammad Hassan Khalil unpacks the meaning of the opening line of the Qur’an, the bismillah, rendered into English in various ways, such as “In the name of God, the all-compassionate, the all-merciful.” He […]

  HAT

  February 20, 2017

  Reading Out Loud

  Islam, Mary, Quran, religion, sacred text