Asad Uz Zaman
PhD Cand. Samuel M. Melton Graduate Fellow in Jewish Studies 2023-2024
He/Him
Hagerty Hall Room 368
1775 College Road
Columbus OH, 43210
Areas of Expertise
- Early Islam
- Qur'anic Studies
- Late Antique Near East
Education
- BA, Philosophy, University of Maryland
- MA, History, University of Maryland
- JD, Law, Widener University Law School
After graduating from law school and becoming a licensed attorney, Asad worked in discovery services for close to a decade before returning to academia. Prior to coming to Ohio State he obtained an MA in Middle Eastern History from the University of Maryland, College Park. Asad’s general research focusses on studying various religious traditions' late antique reception of ancient Near Eastern thought and culture for the particular purpose of better understanding the progressive proclamation of the Qur'an as Islam emerges in its Hijazi-Arabian milieu. As he approaches candidacy, Asad hopes to examine how the first believers and deniers of Muhammad’s message may have shared a common awareness of certain Divine Council and Enochic traditions, and how that knowledge shaped the qur’anic view of salvation.