Mohammad Ali Tabataba'i (mehrdad)
Education / academic qualifications
2013 - 2017 |
Ph.D. Qurʾān and Hadith Studies, University of Tehran Thesis: “The Intellectual History of the Islamic Idea of Biblical Falsification”; Supervisor: Dr. M.A. Mahdavi-Rad |
2010 - 2012 |
MA in Abrahamic Religions, University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, Iran Thesis: “The Qurʾānic verses related to Judaism in Tafsir al-Mizan”; Supervisor: Dr. Mehrab Sadeq-Nia |
2005 - 2009 |
BA in Qurʾān and Hadith Studies, Razavi University for Islamic Studies, Mashhad, Iran |
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Work experience
2020 - |
Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran Assistant Professor |
2013 - |
Research Institute of the Qurʾān and Hadith, Qom, Iran Research Associate |
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Awards and Honors
2020 |
Winner of International Fārābī Award for Humanities |
2017 |
Nominated for the Iranian award of the best critical book review, for the review of the Persian translation of the Encyclopedia of the Qurʾān |
2016 |
Winner of Iran’s Praiseworthy Book of the Year Award |
2014 |
Chosen as the best researcher in the Research Institute of Qurʾān and Hadith |
2012 |
The 1st place in the national entrance doctorate exam in the field of Quran and Hadith, Iran |
2009 |
The gold medal in the National Scientific Olympiad of Iran, in the field of Quran and Hadith |
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Authored Books
Forth-coming |
Intellectual History of Biblical Falsification (Taḥrīf) in Early Islam, Tehran: Ney Publication (in Persian). |
Forth-coming |
Shii Exegetes’ Attitudes Towards the Bible, Qom: Dar al-Hadith (in Persian). |
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Edited Books
2016 |
Shīʾī Tafsīr in the Western Scholarship, Dar al-Hadith, Qom, 411 pages. |
2016 |
Shīʾī Approach to the Qurʾān in the Western Scholarship, Dar al-Hadith, Qom, 312 pages. |
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Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals or Books
Forth-coming |
MA Tabataba’i, “Who, when and where composed the Qurʾan? The Historical Implications of the Cosmological Themes of the Qurʾān,” The Qurʾān in its Milieu of Origin: Possibilities of the Historical Reconstruction of the Qurʾānic Revelation, University of Münster (In English). |
Forth-coming |
MA Tabataba’i, H Eyvazi, “The story behind a refutation to Judaism by a Jewish convert: From Miṣbāḥ al-Ummah to Iqāmah al-Šuhūd,” Shii Studies Review (In English). |
2020 |
MA Tabataba’i, “Kitāb as Divine Knowledge and Authority? A Methodological Critique of Daniel Madigan’s Thesis on the Meaning of Kitāb in the Qurʾān,” Islamic Studies in Contemporary World 1 (in Persian). |
2020 |
MA Tabataba’i & A Masoudi & MA Mahdavi-Rad, “A Comparative History of the Idea of Biblical Falsification in Sunni and Shii exegeses”, Pazhuhesh-haye Tafsir Tatbiqi 10 (in Persian). |
2019 |
MA Tabataba’i & MA Mahdavi-Rad, “Dating the Two Most Explicit Taḥrῑf Narrations”, Motaleat Fahm Hadith 11 (in Persian). |
2019 |
MA Tabataba’i & MA Mahdavi-Rad, “A Pragmatic Linguistic Analysis of Taṣdῑq Verses of the Qurʾān to the problem of taḥrῑf,” Pazhuhesh-nameye Tafsir va Zabane Qurʾān 14 (in Persian). |
2019 |
MA Tabataba’i, “Is the Qurʾān Influenced by Ebionites on Biblical Falsification?”, Pazhuhesh-haye Adyani 13 (in Persian) |
2019 |
MA Tabataba’i & M Velayati, “A Critical Analysis of Firestone’s Hypothesis Regarding the Qurʾānic Legislation on Holy War”, Al-Bayan, Journal of Qurʾān and Ḥadīth Studies 17, pp. 147-167 (in English). |
2018 |
MA Tabataba’i, “A systematic review of the Western scholarship on the Islamic idea of Biblical falsification (taḥrīf)”, Motaleat Tafsiri Qurʾān va Motun Moqadds 1 (in Persian). |
2017 |
MA Tabataba’i & MA Mahdavi-Rad, “The History of Biblical Falsification Idea in Early Islamic Era,” Tarikh Islam (in Persian). |
2016 |
Mohammad Ali Tabataba’i & Mohammad Ali Mahdavi-Rad, “The History of the Biblical Falsification Idea in Pre-Islamic Era,” Pazhuhesh-haye Adyani, 4/7, pp. 9-28 (in Persian). |
2016 |
MA Tabataba’i & S Mirsadri, “The Qurʾānic Cosmology, as an Identity in Itself,” Arabica 63/3-4, pp. 201-234 (in English). |
2013 |
MA Tabataba’i, “Muslim Exegetes and their non-Islamic sources in Interpretation of the Qurʾānic Verses Related to Judaism,” Tafsir Ahl Bayt 1/1, pp. 110-141(in Persian). |
2013 |
M Sadeq-Nia & H Soleimani & MA Tabataba’i “Interpretation of the Jewish-Related Verses in al-Mizan; an Inquiry,” Moṭāleʿat Tafsīrī 13, pp. 7-30 (in Persian). |
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Papers Presented in Conferences
2019 |
MA Tabataba’i, “Who, When and How composed the Qurʾān? Historical Implications of the Cosmological Themes of the Qurʾān”, presented in the International Conference “The Qurʾān in its Milieu of Origin. Possibilities of the Historical Reconstruction of the Qurʾānic Revelation”, 08-10 November 2019, Münster, Germany. |
2017 |
MA Tabataba’i & H Eivazi, “A 13th/19th Century Jewish Convert to Islam and his Refutation to Judaism,” presented in the Conference “Jews in Muslim Majority Countries – History and Prospects,” Berlin (in English). |
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Teaching / mentor qualifications
2016 - 2019 |
- Comparative Studies of the Bible and the Qurʾān; - Introduction to Western Qurʾānic Studies; - Muslims’ Attitudes towards the Bible (The University of Qurʾān and Hadith, Qom, Iran) |
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Courses
2019 |
Old Syriac Language Taught by Rev. Fr. Ashur Tamres |
2016-10 |
The usage of semantics in the Qurʾānic studies |
2015-05 |
The usage of "The History of Ideas" in the Qurʾānic studies |
2014-10 |
The usage of comparative etymology in the Qurʾānic studies |
2013 |
Biblical Hebrew Taught by Arash Aba’i |
2010-01 |
Modern Christian theology |
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Languages
Persian |
Native language |
Arabic |
Good knowledge |
English |
Good knowledge |
Syriac |
Learning |
Hebrew |
Basic |
German |
Basic |