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	David R. Vishanoff
Assistant Professor Religious Studies Program University of Oklahoma 455 West Lindsey, #805 Norman, OK 73019 (405) 325-1150 FAX (405) 325-1502 email to vishanoff in the ou dot edu domain Curriculum vitae Teaching portfolio (as of 8/2005)		Course web sites Introduction to Religious Studies - Christianity and Islam (Spring 2009) (Spring 2006 archive offline; Fall 2005) Introduction to Religious Studies - Comparative Sacred Texts (Fall 2007) Comparative Sacred Texts (future course under development) Introduction to Islam (Spring 2008) (Fall 2006; Fall 2005) The Qur'an (Fall 2008) (Fall 2007; Fall 2006; Spring 2005) Islamic Theology (Spring 2009) (Spring 2008; Spring 2006; Spring 2005) Islamic Law (Focus on Gender) (Fall 2008) (Spring 2007; Spring 2006) Muslim-Christian Encounters (future course under development) Muslim-Christian Encounters - Capstone (Spring 2007) The Discipline of Islamic Studies (Fall 2005)

Translations of Islamic texts. Most of these translations are short excerpts from classical Islamic works, prepared on the spur of the moment for instructional use, and hence not really adequate for scholarly citation. They are made available here as html and/or Microsoft Word files, for non-commercial personal or instructional use.

On the Qur'an and its interpretation
- A handbook of legal hermeneutics (html): Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni, Kitab al-waraqat fi usul al-fiqh (complete, with my commentary at foot of page; also without commentary).
- How the Qur'an reveals the law (html): Selection on bayan from al-Shafi`i, al-Risala.
- The occasions of revelation of the Qur'an (Word): Selections from al-Suyuti, al-Itqan fi `ulum al-qur'an.
- The Qur'an and its relationship to Hadith (Word): Selections from Manna` al-Qattan, Mabahith fi `ulum al-qur'an.
- The Sunna's relationship to the Qur'an (Word): Selections from al-Shatibi, al-Muwafaqat.
- Gender-specific language in revelation (html): Selection from Ibn Hazm, al-Ihkam, on masculine imperatives.
- A Mu`tazilite approach to interpreting the Qur'an (Word): Selection from `Abd al-Jabbar, Mutashabih al-Qur'an.
- Mu`tazilite arguments for the created nature of the Qur'an (html) (Word): Selections from `Abd al-Jabbar < Mankdim, Sharh al-Usul al-Khamsa.
Interactions with non-Muslims
- A Mu`tazilite defense of abrogation "against the Jews" (Word): Selection from [Abu Rashid al-Nisaburi?], Ziyadat sharh al-usul.
- A Muslim rewriting of Psalm 2 (Word, with parallel Biblical text): From Florence ms 267, ed. Krarup.

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