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This new approach is transforming how early Meccan surahs can be understood … and it allows for a much deeper and more consistent integration of new Arabian epigraphic and archaeological research than the older frameworks. This article is a good introduction to how it works.
My latest article on Oases of Wisdom on the topic of water and rain-based imagery in the Quran.
I reconstruct an alternative translation given by Daniel Beck (@DanielABeck9) and explain why I think this paradigm will become central in Queanic Studies.
oasesofwisdom.substack.com/p…
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New publication! 'Crossing Sacred Landscapes: Contacts and Continuities in the Desert Cults and Beliefs of Ancient Northern Arabia and the Arid Southern Levant'
Edited by Juan Manuel Tebes, Michael C.A. Macdonald
archaeopress.com/Archa.../Pr…
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𝑱𝙪𝒔𝙩 𝙥𝒖𝙗𝒍𝙞𝒔𝙝𝒆𝙙! The 1st of 6 volumes:
𝐷𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑎
Open Access at this link: tinyurl.com/5n7ht4nj.
Nearly 2000 words, with citations and etymological commentary. More soon!
Comparing (1) Safaitic BES24 1.1, h ś‘hqm rwḥ m wqr, with (2) the Qur’ān, Q 51, fa-l-ḥāmilāti wiqrā, fa-l-ğariyāti yusrā. Al-Jallad discusses BES24 1.1 in “Ancient Allah,” but he does not address quranic usage of w-q-r. There are intriguing parallels. academia.edu/129395185/Al_Ja…
Al-Jallad suggests (“The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads,” p70) that orphan (ytm) references in Safaitic epigraphy are a metaphor for one deprived of divine favor. If read in a similar mode, BES24 1.1, Q 51, and Q 93-94 would use beautifully consistent seasonal aid imagery.
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Nov. 4th: Decoding the Early Meccan Qur’an: The Centrality of Arabian Pluvial Soteriology by Abdullah Ansar (@ShaykhIshraq).
Connecting Qur’anic rhetoric, water, Arabian ecology, Semitic traditions, and epigraphy to illuminate the earliest Qur’anic proclamation. (4/7)
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It's used for when Danel "implores/adjures/casts a spell" on the clouds in the Aqhat Epic, during the terrible drought. The noun ṣily[atu] is rendered šidarni (Hurrian for "curse") in a polyglot word list.
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I will be doing this AMA on the 19th of this month. Brainstorm your questions and drop them on the 18th! Looking forward to it
Upcoming AMA on r/AcademicQuran with Abdullah Ansar @ShaykhIshraq on September 19th!
Questions can be submitted as of September 18th.
My new note comparing two recent studies of Q 53 (one being mine) that independently conclude it uses imagery of Venus observed in descent to identify Allah's angelic messenger, both studies using historical astronomical analysis. academia.edu/172768873/Surah…
For direct comparison of the two studies, here's a link to Zaman's thesis from 2020 (though UMD has a temporary outage). Note the innovative use of Stellarium to analyze the real-world astronomical events visible from Mecca in the timeframe 610-615 CE. drum.lib.umd.edu/items/5344a…
And here's a link to my much more recent study, coming to similar conclusions but also disagreeing in some key respects. It's really a joy to be able to see and compare detailed extensive analysis of the same issues. academia.edu/165799626/Mu%E1…
