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Asad Uz Zaman

Image of a man in front of the entrance to the purported cave of seven sleepers in Jordan

Asad Uz Zaman

PhD Cand.
He/Him

zaman.50@osu.edu

Hagerty Hall Room 368
1775 College Road
Columbus OH, 43210

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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.  

People Filters:

Ancient Near East Studies
Arabic Langauges, Literatures, and History
Biblical and Judaic Studies
Islamic Studies