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Nora S. Eggen

Nora S. Eggen holds a PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies and is currently affiliated with the University of Oslo, Norway. Her research interests include premodern intellectual history, Qurʾanic studies, translation studies, ethics, and the history of Islamic Studies in the Scandinavian countries. Among her recent publications are: “The Ambiguous jār: Towards a Qurʾanic Neighborhood Ethics.” In The Ambiguous Figure of the Neighbor in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Texts and Receptions (Routledge, 2021); “Trust, trusting and trustworthiness in ethical discourse,“ Journal of Islamic Ethics (2021); “al-Qadi ʿIyad’s Defence of the Prophet and of scholarly tradition: al-Shifāʾ,” in Freedom of Expression in Islam: Challenging Apostasy and Blasphemy Laws (Tauris, 2021); “On the Periphery: Translations of the Qurʾān in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.” In Routledge Handbook of Arabic Translation (Routledge, 2019).

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[IMTF] Qur’anic Neighborliness as a Case of Communal Ethics, Part II

By Nora S. Eggen // July 12, 2022March 22, 2023

My neighbor passed away and I did not hear about it until sometime later. We had not really known each other but had been on greeting terms. The deceased was elderly and ill, and had…

Qurʾanic Neighborliness as a Case of Communal Ethics [Part I]

By Nora S. Eggen // February 14, 2022March 22, 2023

The neighborhood may be conceived as an intermediate space, a location between the private and the public. Here, an individual extends the immediate and private space of human interaction. The people populating this space are…