26–28 Sept 2025
University of Münster
Europe/Berlin timezone

Session

Qur’an and Bible: Interpretation and Meaning

28 Sept 2025, 09:00
JO1 (University of Münster)

JO1

University of Münster

Johannisstr. 4, 48143 Münster

Conveners

Qur’an and Bible: Interpretation and Meaning: Qur’an and Bible: Interpretation and Meaning

  • David Fastlabend (Zentrum für Islamische Theologie (ZIT))

Presentation materials

  1. Prof. Sahiron Symasuddin (Director of Islamic Higher Education, Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs)
    28/09/2025, 09:00
    Qur’an and Bible: Interpretation and Meaning
    20-minute paper

    This article consists of an idea of new exegetical approach that can be applied to the Qur’an in the 21st century. This approach is called ‘ma‘nā-cum-maghzā Approach’. Before exploring it, I discuss the typology of Qur’an interpretations in the contemporary period in a critical way. Furthermore, I build the approach by mentioning its definition and methodical steps in detail. The main...

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  2. Prof. Robert Setio (Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the Protestant University, Yogyakarta)
    28/09/2025, 09:20
    Qur’an and Bible: Interpretation and Meaning
    20-minute paper

    This presentation argues that ideological criticism offers a vital hermeneutical resource for Muslim–Christian relations. The Bible, when read as an ideological text, is revealed to be both a source of integration and distortion: it shapes communal identity but also legitimates domination. Recognizing this ambivalence enables Christians to confront the complicities of their scripture while...

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  3. Prof. Mouhanad Khorchide (Director of the Centre for Islamic Theology, University of Münster)
    28/09/2025, 09:40
    Qur’an and Bible: Interpretation and Meaning
    20-minute paper
  4. 28/09/2025, 10:00
    Qur’an and Bible: Interpretation and Meaning
    Discussion
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