Walid Saleh Explained

Walid Ahmad Saleh is a scholar of Quranic studies and professor of Islamic studies at the University of Toronto.^[1]

Biography

Walid Saleh attended the American University of Beirut, and graduated with a BA in Arabic language and literature in 1989. He received a PhD in Islamic studies from Yale University in 2001. He received a DAAD grant in 1996–1997, and pursued his studies in Hamburg under the tutelage of the late Albrecht Noth.^[1] Saleh has received numerous honors and fellowships. He was awarded a New Directions Fellowship by the Mellon Foundation in 2014, and the Humboldt Foundation in Germany has made him a Konrad Adenauer Fellow (2017). Additionally, he has received funding from the SSHRC and the Library of Congress' Kluge Foundation.^[1]

Works

• In Defense of the Bible: A Critical Edition and an Introduction to Al-Biqa`i's Bible Treatise^[2]
• The Formation of the Classical Tafsir Tradition^[3]

See also

• Behnam Sadeghi

Notes and References

1. Web site: Walid Saleh . Department for the Study of Religion . 2020-05-25 . 2022-11-06.
2. Reviews of In Defense of the Bible: A Critical Edition and an Introduction to Al-Biqa`i's Bible Treatise:
   • Kueny . Kathryn . In Defense of the Bible . American Journal of Islam and Society . International Institute of Islamic Thought . 26 . 4 . 2009. 2690-3741 . 10.35632/ajis.v26i4.1365 . 105–107. free .
   • David Vishanoff, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 129, No. 2 (April–June 2009), pp. 323-325
   • Dayeh . Islam . In Defense of the Bible: A Critical Edition and an Introduction to al-Biqāʿī's Bible Treatise. Journal of Qur'anic Studies . Edinburgh University Press . 10 . 2 . 2008 . 1465-3591 . 10.3366/e146535910900045x . 101–106.
   • AO Sanni, Ilorin Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2012)
   • Guo . Li . In Defense of the Bible: A Critical Edition and an Introduction to al-Biqā'ī's Bible Treatise (review) . University of Toronto Quarterly . Project Muse . 80 . 2 . 2011 . 1712-5278 . 10.1353/utq.2011.0050 . 270–271. 161529832 .
3. Reviews of The Formation of the Classical Tafsir Tradition:
   • Rizvi . Sajjad H. . The Formation of the Classical Tafsir Tradition . American Journal of Islam and Society . International Institute of Islamic Thought . 24 . 3 . 2007. 2690-3741 . 10.35632/ajis.v24i3.1537 . 130–132. free .
   • BERG . HERBERT . WALID A. SALEH, The Formation of the Classical Tafsīr Tradition: The Quran Commentary of al-Thalabi (d. 427/1035), Texts and Studies on the Quran . International Journal of Middle East Studies . Cambridge University Press (CUP) . 37 . 4 . 2005 . 0020-7438 . 10.1017/s0020743805242228 . 617–619. 163138360 .
   • Stefan Wild, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Jul., 2005), pp. 228-230
   • Karen Bauer, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 125, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 2005), pp. 470-473
   • Hans-Thomas Tillschneider, Die Welt des Islams, New Series, Vol. 48, Issue 1 (2008), pp. 111-117
   • Uri Rubin, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam, vol.30 (2005): 540 – 543.
   • H. Masud Taj, The Muslim World Book Review, vol.25, no.1 (2004): 36 – 38.