Asad Uz Zaman
Contact Information
PhD Cand.
He/Him
Areas of Expertise
- Qur'anic Studies
- Pre-Islamic Arabian religion
- Late Antique Near East
- Prophetic Biography/Historical Muhammad
Education
- MA, History, University of Maryland (Middle East)
Asad’s general research focusses on studying various religious traditions' late antique reception of ancient Near Eastern thought and culture in order to better understand Islam's emergence in its West-Arabian milieu. He is writing a dissertation that brings together the topics of Satan, Jesus, and female angels in the Qur'an in light of ancient Canaanite religion and Enochic lore.