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In this book Peter G. Riddell studies the two earliest works of Qur’anic exegesis from the Malay-Indonesian world. He explores the 17th century context in the Sultanate of Aceh that produced them and the history of both texts.
'Für das Gebiet der Koranforschung wie auch die Geschichte des islamischen Denkens ist das Werk von Riddell eine große Bereicherung.' Rüdiger Lohlker in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 108 (2018), 449. ‘In sum, we are undoubtedly dealing with a gigantic contribution to the state of the art on Islamic thought in Southeast Asia. Though some portions of this volume were already communicated in Riddell’s previous works, the whole volume represents a landmark on its own. By elaborating an in-depth narrative of early Malay Qur’ānic exegesis, plus providing the originals and English translations, Malay Court Religion, Culture and Language assumes a pivotal role in stimulating further research.’ Isaac Donoso in Jurnal Al-Tamaddun 13.2 (2018), 179-180. https://doi.org/10.22452/JAT.vol13no2.16
Peter Riddell, Ph.D. (1985), Australian National University, is Vice Principal Academic at Melbourne School of Theology and Professorial Research Associate in History at SOAS. He has published widely on Islam in Southeast Asia, including Islam and the Malay-Indonesian World (Hurst, 2001).