Focus and Scope of Mesopotamian Journal of Quran Studies

The Qurʾān, the holy book of Islam proclaimed by Muḥammad, has formed the foundation of Islamic religion and society and provided an important basis for Islamic culture and politics. Mesopotamian Journal of Quran Studies seeks to publish significant manuscripts, including monographs, textual editions, annotated translations, analytical, and topical studies that address the full range of qurʾānic studies as presently articulated within contemporary research universities and institutes.

Focus & Scope

• Philological studies (grammar, linguistics, rhetoric, stylistics)
• Historical-critical studies of early, classical, and post-classical works of qurʾānic interpretation
• Interpretive inquiries into qurʾānic hermeneutics (e.g., God, prophets, the world and the hereafter, rituals, institutions)
• Thematic and structural analyses of specific portions of the qurʾānic text
• Studies on textual criticism and the history of the qurʾānic text
• Anthropological investigations of the social uses of the Qurʾān in various contexts
• Monographs on major Muslim commentaries on the Qurʾān
• Explorations of textual semantics and contemporary literary and critical theory
• Inquiries into the impact of the Qurʾān on contemporary Islamic societies
• Explorations of the origins of the Qurʾān and its intercultural linkage with other Scriptures