Gabriel Said Reynolds

Gabriel Said Reynolds is an American academic and historian of religion, who serves as Jerome J.
Crowley and Rosaleen G. Crowley Professor of Theology and assistant professor of Islamic Studies and
Theology at the University of Notre Dame.[1] His scholarship focuses on World Religions and World
Church, History of Christianity, Qur'anic Studies, Origins of Islam, and Muslim-Christian relations.[1][2]

Biography
Gabriel Said Reynolds obtained his Ph.D. in Islamic Studies at Yale University.[1] In 2012-2013 he directed
“The Qurʾān Seminar” alongside Mehdi Azaiez, a year-long collaborative project dedicated to encouraging
dialogue among scholars of the Quran, the acts of which appeared as The Qurʾān Seminar
Commentary.[1][3] In 2016-2017 he directed the research project Un Dieu de vengeance et de miséricorde:
Sur la théologie coranique en relation avec les traditions juive et chrétienne at the Fondation Institut
d'Études Avancées de Nantes in France.[2] Reynolds currently serves as CEO of the International Qur’anic
Studies Association (IQSA),[2] and is also a regular contributor to Notre Dame's World Religions and
World Church podcast: Minding Scripture.[1]

In 2008 he was the editor for The Qur'an in its Historical Context; essays included his own introduction,
"Qur'anic Studies and its Controversies".[4] In August 2015 the Times Literary Supplement published
Variant Readings: The Birmingham Qur'an in The Context of Debate on Islamic Origins, a scholarly
commentary of Reynolds about the discovery and analysis of the Birmingham Quran and its relations with
other ancient Quranic manuscripts.[5] In 2018 he has overseen commentaries on such aspects of Islam as the
Nephilim in The Qurʾān and the Bible: Text and Commentary.[6] In 2020 he wrote Allah: God in the
Qurʾān, a scholarly treatise on the conception of God in Islam and its distinguishing features in Islamic
theology, with a comparison between the portrayals of the Abrahamic god in the Bible and the Quran,
respectively.[7]

Publications
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2006). "ʿUthmān". In McAuliffe, Jane Dammen (ed.). Encyclopaedia
of the Qurʾān. Vol. V. Leiden: Brill Publishers. doi:10.1163/1875-3922_q3_EQSIM_00439 (htt
ps://doi.org/10.1163%2F1875-3922_q3_EQSIM_00439). ISBN 90-04-14743-8.
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2008). "Introduction: Qur'anic Studies and its Controversies". In
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (ed.). The Qur'an in its Historical Context (https://archive.org/details/q
uranitshistoric00reyn). London: Routledge. pp. 1–26 (https://archive.org/details/quranitshistor
ic00reyn/page/n17). doi:10.4324/9780203939604 (https://doi.org/10.4324%2F97802039396
04). ISBN 978-0-415-42899-6. S2CID 160637821 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:
160637821).
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (May 2009). "The Muslim Jesus: Dead or Alive?" (https://www3.nd.e
du/~reynolds/index_files/jesus%20dead%20or%20alive.pdf) (PDF). Bulletin of the School of
Oriental and African Studies (University of London). 72 (2). Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press: 237–258. doi:10.1017/S0041977X09000500 (https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS
0041977X09000500). JSTOR 40379003 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/40379003).
S2CID 27268737 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:27268737). Archived (https://we
b.archive.org/web/20120617010816/https://www3.nd.edu/~reynolds/index_files/jesus%20de
ad%20or%20alive.pdf) (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2009). "Reading The Qurʾan As Homily: The Case of Sarah's
Laughter" (https://books.google.com/books?id=GcgCErhKGrAC&pg=PA585). In Marx,
Michael; Neuwirth, Angelika; Sinai, Nicolai (eds.). The Qurʾān in Context: Historical and
Literary Investigations into the Qurʾānic Milieu. Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān. Vol. 6.
Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 585–592. doi:10.1163/ej.9789004176881.i-864.158 (https://doi.o
rg/10.1163%2Fej.9789004176881.i-864.158). ISBN 978-90-04-17688-1. ISSN 1567-2808 (h
ttps://www.worldcat.org/issn/1567-2808). S2CID 191038420 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/
CorpusID:191038420). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2009). "Angels". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis;
Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett K. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. Vol. 3. Leiden:
Brill Publishers. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_23204 (https://doi.org/10.1163%2F1573-
3912_ei3_COM_23204). ISBN 978-90-04-18130-4. ISSN 1873-9830 (https://www.worldcat.o
rg/issn/1873-9830).
Reynolds, Gabriel Said, ed. (2010). The Qur'an and its Biblical Subtext. London: Routledge.
doi:10.4324/9780203856451 (https://doi.org/10.4324%2F9780203856451).
ISBN 9780203856451. S2CID 170912874 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:170912
874).
Reynolds, Gabriel Said, ed. (2011). New Perspectives on the Qur'an: The Qur'an in its
Historical Context 2. London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203813539 (https://doi.org/10.432
4%2F9780203813539). ISBN 9780203813539. S2CID 193545147 (https://api.semanticscho
lar.org/CorpusID:193545147).
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2012). "David". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis;
Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. Vol. 3. Leiden: Brill
Publishers. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_25921 (https://doi.org/10.1163%2F1573-391
2_ei3_COM_25921). ISBN 978-90-04-22545-9. ISSN 1873-9830 (https://www.worldcat.org/i
ssn/1873-9830).
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2012). The Emergence of Islam: Classical Traditions in
Contemporary Perspective (https://books.google.com/books?id=HWfFX5XDjuIC).
Minneapolis: Fortress Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt22nm7qj (https://doi.org/10.2307%2Fj.ctt22nm7
qj). ISBN 9780800698591. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (April 2012). "ON THE QUR'ĀN AND THE THEME OF JEWS AS
"KILLERS OF THE PROPHETS" " (https://www3.nd.edu/~reynolds/index_files/jews%20as%
20killers%20of%20the%20prophets%20final.pdf) (PDF). Al-Bayan: Journal of Qur'an and
Hadith Studies. 10 (2). Leiden: Brill Publishers: 9–32. doi:10.11136/jqh.1210.02.02 (https://d
oi.org/10.11136%2Fjqh.1210.02.02). ISSN 2232-1969 (https://www.worldcat.org/issn/2232-1
969). S2CID 162290561 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:162290561). Archived (ht
tps://web.archive.org/web/20170216004900/https://www3.nd.edu/~reynolds/index_files/jew
s%20as%20killers%20of%20the%20prophets%20final.pdf) (PDF) from the original on 16
February 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (May 2013). "The Quran and the Apostles of Jesus". Bulletin of the
School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London). 76 (2). Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press: 209–227. doi:10.1017/S0041977X13000062 (https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS
0041977X13000062). JSTOR 24692806 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/24692806).
S2CID 171033234 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:171033234).
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2014). "Gabriel". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis;
Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. Vol. 3. Leiden: Brill
Publishers. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_27359 (https://doi.org/10.1163%2F1573-391
2_ei3_COM_27359). ISBN 978-90-04-26962-0. ISSN 1873-9830 (https://www.worldcat.org/i
ssn/1873-9830).
 Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2015). "The Islamic Christ". In Murphy, Francesca (ed.). The Oxford
Handbook of Christology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
doi:10.1093/OXFORDHB/9780199641901.013.10 (https://doi.org/10.1093%2FOXFORDH
B%2F9780199641901.013.10). ISBN 9780199641901. S2CID 171135699 (https://api.sema
nticscholar.org/CorpusID:171135699).
Azaiez, Mehdi; Reynolds, Gabriel Said; Tesei, Tommaso; Zafer, Hamza M. (2016). The
Qur'an Seminar Commentary: A Collaborative Study of 50 Qur'anic Passages (http://library.o
apen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31611). Berlin: De Gruyter. doi:10.26530/oapen_626408 (htt
ps://doi.org/10.26530%2Foapen_626408). ISBN 9783110445909. S2CID 164817099 (http
s://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:164817099). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2016). "A Flawed Prophet? Noah in the Qurʾān and Qurʾanic
Commentary". In Daneshgar, Majid; Saleh, Walid (eds.). Islamic Studies Today: Essays in
Honor of Andrew Rippin. Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān. Vol. 11. Leiden: Brill Publishers.
pp. 260–273. doi:10.1163/9789004337121_014 (https://doi.org/10.1163%2F978900433712
1_014). ISBN 978-90-04-33633-9. S2CID 165150752 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/Corpu
sID:165150752).
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (June 2017). "Noah's Lost Son in the Qurʾān". Arabica. 64 (2).
Leiden: Brill Publishers: 129–148. doi:10.1163/15700585-12341452 (https://doi.org/10.116
3%2F15700585-12341452). ISSN 1570-0585 (https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1570-0585).
JSTOR 26396237 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/26396237). S2CID 164648358 (https://api.se
manticscholar.org/CorpusID:164648358).
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2017). "Moses, Son of Pharaoh: A Study of Qurʾān 26 and Its
Exegesis". In Grundmann, Regina; Kattan, Assaad Elias; Pinggéra, Karl; Tamer, Georges
(eds.). Exegetical Crossroads: Understanding Scripture in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in
the Pre-Modern Orient. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Tension, Transmission,
Transformation. Vol. 8. Berlin: De Gruyter. pp. 289–302. doi:10.1515/9783110564341-014 (ht
tps://doi.org/10.1515%2F9783110564341-014). ISBN 978-3-11-056114-2.
S2CID 171560125 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:171560125).
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2018). The Qurʾān and the Bible: Text and Commentary (https://boo
ks.google.com/books?id=ynVaDwAAQBAJ). Translated by Qarai, Ali Quli. New Haven and
London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-18132-6. LCCN 2017952016 (https://lccn.lo
c.gov/2017952016). S2CID 211983625 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:21198362
5). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2020). "Mary". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis;
Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. Vol. 6. Leiden: Brill
Publishers. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_36256 (https://doi.org/10.1163%2F1573-391
2_ei3_COM_36256). ISBN 978-90-04-41348-1. ISSN 1873-9830 (https://www.worldcat.org/i
ssn/1873-9830).
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2020). Allah: God in the Qurʾān (https://books.google.com/books?id
=sxHPDwAAQBAJ). New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
doi:10.2307/j.ctvxkn7q4 (https://doi.org/10.2307%2Fj.ctvxkn7q4). ISBN 978-0-300-24658-2.
JSTOR j.ctvxkn7q4 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvxkn7q4). LCCN 2019947014 (https://lcc
n.loc.gov/2019947014). S2CID 226129509 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:22612
9509). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (June 2020). "The Qurʾānic Doublets: A Preliminary Inquiry" (https://
www.lockwoodonlinejournals.com/index.php/jiqsa/article/view/552). Journal of the
International Qur'anic Studies Association. 5 (1): 5–39. doi:10.5913/jiqsa.5.2020.a001 (http
s://doi.org/10.5913%2Fjiqsa.5.2020.a001). S2CID 251463824 (https://api.semanticscholar.or
g/CorpusID:251463824).

References
 1. "Gabriel Reynolds - Department of Theology" (https://theology.nd.edu/people/gabriel-reynold
s/). theology.nd.edu. University of Notre Dame. 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
2. "Gabriel Said REYNOLDS - Résidents" (https://www.iea-nantes.fr/fr/chercheurs/reynolds-ga
briel-said_372). iea-nantes.fr (in French). Nantes Institute for Advanced Study
Foundation|Fondation Institut d'Études Avancées de Nantes. 2017. Retrieved 17 January
2021.
3. Azaiez, Mehdi; Reynolds, Gabriel Said; Tesei, Tommaso; Zafer, Hamza M. (2016). The
Qur'an Seminar Commentary: A Collaborative Study of 50 Qur'anic Passages (http://library.o
apen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31611). Berlin: De Gruyter. doi:10.26530/oapen_626408 (htt
ps://doi.org/10.26530%2Foapen_626408). ISBN 9783110445909. S2CID 164817099 (http
s://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:164817099). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
4. Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2008). "Introduction: Qur'anic Studies and its Controversies". In
Reynolds, Gabriel Said (ed.). The Qur'an in its Historical Context (https://archive.org/details/q
uranitshistoric00reyn). London: Routledge. pp. 1–26 (https://archive.org/details/quranitshistor
ic00reyn/page/n17). doi:10.4324/9780203939604 (https://doi.org/10.4324%2F97802039396
04). ISBN 978-0-415-42899-6. S2CID 160637821 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:
160637821).
5. Reynolds, Gabriel Said (7 August 2015). "Variant Readings: The Birmingham Qur'an in The
Context of Debate on Islamic Origins" (https://www.academia.edu/25775465) (PDF). Times
Literary Supplement: 14–15. Retrieved 17 January 2021 – via Academia.edu. " "Among the
manuscripts... discovered in 1972... of the Great Mosque of Sanaa in Yemen was a rare
Qur'anic palimpsest – that is, a manuscript preserving an original Qur'an text that had been
erased and written over with a new Qur'an text. This palimpsest has been analysed by...
Gerd and Elisabeth Puin, by Asma Hilali of the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, and
later by Behnam Sadeghi of Stanford University... What all of these scholars have
discovered is remarkable: the earlier text of the Qur'an contains numerous variants to the
standard consonantal text of the Qur'an." "
6. Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2018). The Qurʾān and the Bible: Text and Commentary (https://boo
ks.google.com/books?id=ynVaDwAAQBAJ). Translated by Qarai, Ali Quli. New Haven and
London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-18132-6. LCCN 2017952016 (https://lccn.lo
c.gov/2017952016). S2CID 211983625 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:21198362
5). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
7. Reynolds, Gabriel Said (2020). Allah: God in the Qurʾān (https://books.google.com/books?id
=sxHPDwAAQBAJ). New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
doi:10.2307/j.ctvxkn7q4 (https://doi.org/10.2307%2Fj.ctvxkn7q4). ISBN 978-0-300-24658-2.
JSTOR j.ctvxkn7q4 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvxkn7q4). LCCN 2019947014 (https://lcc
n.loc.gov/2019947014). S2CID 226129509 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:22612
9509). Retrieved 17 January 2021.

External links
https://theology.nd.edu/people/gabriel-reynolds/
https://www.academia.edu/25775465

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