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Muʿtazilism within Islam and Judaism

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Sara Sviri

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UCL
Sara Sviri holds the Catherine Lewis Lectureship in Medieval Studies at University College London. Her fields of study include Islamic mysticism, mystical philosophy, comparative aspects of early Islam, the formative period of Islamic mysticism, and the mystical wisdom of Ibn al-ʿArabī.
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David Sklare

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Ben-Zvi Institute
David is a professor in the Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East, Jerusalem. His research interests are the cultural history of Jews in Arab lands in the early Middle Ages, with a particular eye to the development of legal theory and related areas.
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Wilferd Madelung

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University of Oxford
Wilferd is a professor in the Oriental Institute at the University of Oxford. His research interests are: early and medieval Islam; political, religious and intellectual history; Islamic sects, especially Shi'a and Kharijites; Arabic alchemy.
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Bruno Chiesa

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University of Torino
Bruno is a professor in the Department of Oriental Studies at the University of Torino. His research interests are the history of the biblical text and the development of Jewish thought and exegesis in the early Middle Ages with particular concern for the Karaite branch of Judaism.
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Haggai Ben-Shammai

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Haggai is a professor in the Department of Arabic Language and Literature at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are: Judeo-Arabic Bible exgesis; Koran exgesis; Judeo-Arabic and Islamic philosophy and theology.
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Sarah Stroumsa

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Sarah is a professor in the Department of Arabic Language and Literature at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Sabine Schmidtke

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Free University of Berlin
Sabine is a professor in the Institute for Islamic Studies at the Free University of Berlin. Her research interests are the history of ideas in Islam and Judaism.
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Camilla Adang

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Tel Aviv University
Camilla is a professor in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Tel Aviv University. Her research interests are Classical Islamic theology and law, especially in al-Andalus.