Holger Michael Zellentin (born January 17, 1976) is a

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scholar of

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and

Quranic studies Quranic studies is the academic study of the Quran, the central religious text of Islam. Like in biblical studies, the field uses and applies a diverse set of Academic discipline, disciplines and methods, such as philology, textual criticism, lex ...

. He is a professor of religion and Judaic studies at the

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. His work focuses on late Ancient Near and

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religions, the

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in its historical context,

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and

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of ancient religion.

Biography

Early life and education

Zellentin received his Diplôme des Études Universitaires Générales from the

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in 1998, a Doctoraal degree (BA cum MA) from the

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in 2001, Master of Arts in religions of late antiquity from the Department of Religion and Department of Classics at

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in 2004 and a Ph.D. from the Department of Religion at Princeton University in 2007.

Career

Zellentin has previously taught at the

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, the

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...

, the

Graduate Theological Union The Graduate Theological Union (GTU) is a consortium of eight private independent American Seminary, theological schools and eleven centers and affiliates. Seven of the theological schools are located in Berkeley, California. The GTU was founded ...

, the

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, and

Rutgers University Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...

. Since 2019 he has been Professor of Religious Studies with a special focus on Judaic Studies at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. Zellentin served as a Board Member of the

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for five years. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of the International Association for Qur'anic Studies.

Selected works

* * * * Reviews of ''Law Beyond Israel: From the Bible to the Qur'an'': *Papadopulos, N. (2023). Holger M. Zellentin, Law Beyond Israel: From the Bible to the Qur’an. Theology, 126(3), 225-226. * *

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Academia profile
with most of Zellentin's published work uploaded {{DEFAULTSORT:Zellentin, Holger German Islamic studies scholars 1976 births University of Tübingen Living people Quranic studies academics

Biography

Early life and education

Career

Selected works

See also

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