Conveners
Qur’an and Bible: Interpretation and Meaning: Qur’an and Bible: Interpretation and Meaning
- David Fastlabend (Zentrum für Islamische Theologie (ZIT))
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Prof. Sahiron Symasuddin (Director of Islamic Higher Education, Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs)28/09/2025, 09:00Qur’an and Bible: Interpretation and Meaning20-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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Prof. Robert Setio (Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the Protestant University, Yogyakarta)28/09/2025, 09:20Qur’an and Bible: Interpretation and Meaning20-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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Prof. Mouhanad Khorchide (Director of the Centre for Islamic Theology, University of Münster)28/09/2025, 09:40Qur’an and Bible: Interpretation and Meaning20-minute paper
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28/09/2025, 10:00Qur’an and Bible: Interpretation and MeaningDiscussion