Research

Research topics

  • Quran research, Quran sciences, Quran exegesis
  • Islamic textual sciences (Koran and Hadith)
  • Isrāʾīliyyāt research, environment and intertexts of the Qur'an
  • Islamic history, beginnings (sources) of Islam, the cultural and religious landscape of the Arabian Peninsula
  • History and development of Islamic mysticism
  • Early Christianity and the churches of the East (Syrian Christianity)
  • Religious studies, history of religion, cultural and religious encounters (of world religions) in the past and present