University of Copenhagen

‘Jews, the Qur’an and Islam: Contacts and Influences’, International workshop, 1-2 February 2023

I am delighted to announce the forthcoming international workshop, ‘Jews, the Qur’an and Islam: Contacts and Influences’ which will take place on 1-2 February 2023 in Copenhagen under the auspices of the EuQu project.

The workshop aims to explore how Jews approached the Qur’an and Islam from the Middle Age to the early modern period both in the lands of Islam and in Europe. Through various sources and textual genres ranging from polemics, exegesis to Qur’anic translations, we will discuss how Islam was perceived, how the Qur’an was used and how the Jews in some contexts were influenced by the material, textual and theological aspects of the Islamic tradition.

Online participation is possible via Zoom. You can learn more about the event here or contact me: naima.afif@teol.ku.dk

‘The Mishnaic Moment: Jewish Law among Jews and Christians in Early Modern Europe’: Public lecture by Joanna Weinberg at the Danish Jewish Museum

Join us for a special event at the Danish Jewish Museum, organised in collaboration with the EuQu project at the University of Copenhagen.

Joanna Weinberg, Professor Emerita at the University of Oxford, will present her recent book, The Mishnaic Moment: Jewish Law among Jews and Christians in Early Modern Europe. She will discuss how the Mishnah, the Jewish law, became a shared object of study among Jewish and Christian scholars in seventeenth-century northern Europe.

February 1, 2023| 17:00 CET | The Danish Jewish Museum, Proviantpassagen 6, 1218 København K or via zoom. Convenor: Naima Afif.