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Islamic universalism: Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's Salafī deliberations on the duration of Hell-Fire (2009)
Journal Article
Hoover, J. (2009). Islamic universalism: Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's Salafī deliberations on the duration of Hell-Fire. Muslim World, 99(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-1913.2009.01260.x

Classical Sunni eschatology maintains that all those who believe that God is one will enter the Garden of Paradise in due time. Some monotheists may first have to endure punishment and purification in the Fire for their sins, but those with even the... Read More about Islamic universalism: Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's Salafī deliberations on the duration of Hell-Fire.

تفاسير المفسرين القدماء للآيتين 75 و76 من سورة النحل Tafasir al-mufassirin al-qudama' li-l-ayatayn 75 wa 76 min surat al-Nahl (Ancient Interpretations of Surat an-Nahl 75 & 76) (2007)
Journal Article
Hoover, J. (2007). تفاسير المفسرين القدماء للآيتين 75 و76 من سورة النحل Tafasir al-mufassirin al-qudama' li-l-ayatayn 75 wa 76 min surat al-Nahl (Ancient Interpretations of Surat an-Nahl 75 & 76). Harvard Theological Review, 28(2),

This article in Arabic surveys interpretations of the parabolic imagery in Qur'an 16:75-76 found in the classical commentators al-Tabari (d. 923), al-Razi (d. 1209), al-Qurtubi (d. 1272), al-Baydawi (d. 1282 or 1291), Ibn Kathir (d. 1373) and al-Jala... Read More about تفاسير المفسرين القدماء للآيتين 75 و76 من سورة النحل Tafasir al-mufassirin al-qudama' li-l-ayatayn 75 wa 76 min surat al-Nahl (Ancient Interpretations of Surat an-Nahl 75 & 76).

Perpetual creativity in the perfection of God: Ibn Taymiyya's Hadith commentary on God's creation of this world (2004)
Journal Article
Hoover, J. (2004). Perpetual creativity in the perfection of God: Ibn Taymiyya's Hadith commentary on God's creation of this world. Journal of Islamic Studies, 15(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/jis/15.3.287

The course of the Islamic debate over the origin of the world through Ibn Rushd (d. 595/1198) is well known. Kalam theologians and al-Ghazali seek to prove the temporal origination of the world, while philosophers such as Ibn Sina argue for the world... Read More about Perpetual creativity in the perfection of God: Ibn Taymiyya's Hadith commentary on God's creation of this world.

Ohne Bibel geht es nicht: vom Lesen, Lieben und Leben der Bibel (Why the Bible is necessary)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Deines, R. Ohne Bibel geht es nicht: vom Lesen, Lieben und Leben der Bibel (Why the Bible is necessary).

Three papers given in German for a wider audience in the summer of 2010. The first lecture describes why people expect to hear God's voice when they read the Bible; the second deals with Pope Benedict's XVI book on »Jesus of Nazareth«; and the third... Read More about Ohne Bibel geht es nicht: vom Lesen, Lieben und Leben der Bibel (Why the Bible is necessary).

From the centre to the margins: German-speaking scholarship on Matthew’s Gospel as a case study for Matthean scholarship as a whole
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Deines, R. From the centre to the margins: German-speaking scholarship on Matthew’s Gospel as a case study for Matthean scholarship as a whole.

Matthean scholarship was once a booming discipline and one of the centres of New Testament research; it’s probably not just biased prejudice when a German claims that the initial thrust behind the heyday of Matthean scholarship in the early second ha... Read More about From the centre to the margins: German-speaking scholarship on Matthew’s Gospel as a case study for Matthean scholarship as a whole.

Wagner's Siegfried act III scene 1: a study in 'renunciation of the will' and the 'sublime'
Journal Article
Bell, R. H. Wagner's Siegfried act III scene 1: a study in 'renunciation of the will' and the 'sublime'

In Wagner’s composition of Der Ring des Nibelungen, Siegfried Act III Scene 1 marks a significant milestone both in terms of its drama and its music. Wagner’s first significant work on the Ring was his sketch of 4 October 18482 but with the purpose o... Read More about Wagner's Siegfried act III scene 1: a study in 'renunciation of the will' and the 'sublime'.