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Zishan Ghaffar is Professor of Tafsir at the University of Paderborn. He specializes in the Qur’an’s historical-critical exegesis and Islam’s early history.
Klaus von Stosch is Schlegel-Professor of Systematic Theology at Bonn University. His areas of research include comparative theology, faith and reason, problem of evil, Christian theology responsive to Islam, especially Christology and Theology of the Trinity.
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Cover illustration: Fol 35b, Miniature from ‘The History of Mohammed’, 1030 (gouache & gold on vellum): Mohammed’s Paradise, a rare painting, likely from the 11th century, originating from Persia, exhibited in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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