Angelika Neuwirth
Angelika Neuwirth | |
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| Born | 4 November 1943 |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Title | professor, doctor of philosophy |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Universities of Berlin, Tehran, Göttingen, Jerusalem, Munich |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Quranic Studies |
| Sub-discipline | Order in Quranic Chapters |
Angelika Neuwirth
Quranic education
Born in Nienburg, Lower Saxony,[1] she studied Islamic studies, semitic studies and classical philology at the Universities of Berlin, Tehran, Göttingen, Jerusalem, and Munich.[2]
Posts held
Neuwirth is also the director of the research project
Awards
In 2011 she was named an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[5] and in 2012 was granted an honorary doctorate from Yale University's Department of Religious Studies.[3][6] In June 2013, the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung awarded her its Sigmund Freud Prize for her research on the Qur'an.[7][8] In July 2018 she was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy.[9]
Publications
- Neuwirth, Angelika (2007). "Orientalism in Oriental Studies? Qur'anic Studies as a Case in Point". Journal of Qur'anic Studies. 9 (21): 115–127. 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. JSTOR 25728268.
- Neuwirth, Angelika (2010). Der Koran als Text der Spätantike: Ein europäischer Zugang. Berlin: Insel Verlag. 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.)
References
- ^ "Angelika Neuwirth". Munzinger Biographie (in German). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ academia.net.org profile
- ^ a b "Arabic Studies Professor Angelika Neuwirth Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Yale". Freie Universität Berlin. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Qantara website, article by Stefan Weidner 6 May 2011
- ^ American Academy of Arts and Sciences press release 4/19/2011
- ^ YaleNews May 21, 2012
- ^ "Awards – Sigmund-Freud-Preis – Angelika Neuwirth". Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (in German). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Freie Universität press release July 31, 2013
- ^ "Record number of academics elected to British Academy". British Academy. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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