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Professor
of Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion B.A.
(Philosophy), American University of Beirut 1964 M.A.
(Religious Thought), University of Pennsylvania 1966 Ph.D.
(History of Religion), Harvard University 1975
Mahmoud
Ayoub was born in 1938 in south Lebanon. Upon completion of his
education, he has authored a number of books in English and Arabic in the
area of Islam and Inter-religious dialogue. The most notable are Redemptive Suffering in Islam and The Qur’an and Its Interpreters (2 volumes to date). He has
published over fifty scholarly articles both as chapters in edited works
as well as in well-known academic refereed journals. Two of his recent
works are Crisis of Muslim History: Religion and Politics in Early
Islam, 2003, and (forthcoming, 2004) Islam in Faith and History
(both published by Oneworld Publications). Currently he is working on the
third volume of The Qur’an
and Its Interpreters. |
