MOHAMMAD ALI TABATABA'I (MEHRDAD)

MOHAMMAD ALI TABATABA'I (MEHRDAD)

Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran
Research Institute of Qurʾān and Hadith, Qom

Personal details
Date of birth    1984-04-22
E-mail    mataba2003@gmail.com
Phone work    +98 (0) 21 
Current profession    Assistant Professor, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran
Subjects of Interest    Comparative Religion with focus on Quran and Bible
Qurʾānic Cosmology
Intellectual History of Taḥrīf (Biblical Falsification)
Shiʿi Tafsīr
Website    https://ihcs.academia.edu/MohammadAliTabatabai

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 
Work experience
2020 -     Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran
Assistant Professor 
2013 - 2020    Research Institute of the Qurʾān and Hadith, Qom, Iran
Research Associate 

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

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).
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.
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). 
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).
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)

Languages
Persian     Native language 
Arabic     Good knowledge 
English     Good knowledge 
Syriac    Learning
Hebrew     Basic 
German     Basic