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Book SynopsisThis volume is a collection of essays on transregional aspects of Malay-Indonesian Islam and Islamic Studies, based on Peter G. Riddell’s broad interest and expertise. Particular attention is paid to rare manuscripts, unique inscriptions, Qurʾān commentaries and translations, textbooks, and personal and public archives. This book invites readers to reconstruct the ways in which Malay-Indonesian Islam and Islamic studies have been structured. Contributors are Khairudin Aljunied, Majid Daneshgar, R. Michael Feener, Annabel Teh Gallop, Mulaika Hijjas, Andrew Peacock, Johanna Pink, Gregorius Dwi Kuswanta, Michael Laffan, Han Hsien Liew, Julian Millie, Ervan Nurtawab, Masykur Syafruddin, Edwin P. Wieringa and Farouk Yahya.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Maps Notes on Contributors Introduction: Peter G. Riddell’s Contribution to Malay-Indonesian Islamic Studies Majid Daneshgar and Ervan Nurtawab Part 1 Manuscripts and Inscriptions 1 Qurʾān Manuscripts from Southeast Asia in British Collections Annabel T. Gallop 2 Arabic Texts in Buton in the Light of the La Ode Zaenu Manuscript Collection Andrew Peacock 3 A 15th-century Persian Inscription from Bireuen, Aceh: An Early ‘Flash’ of Sufism before Fansuri in Southeast Asia Majid Daneshgar, Gregorius Dwi Kuswanta, Masykur Syafruddin and R. Michael Feener Part 2 Qurʾānic Commentaries, Translation and Theological Concepts 4 Eight Shades of Ibn Kathīr: The Afterlives of a Premodern Qurʾānic Commentary in Contemporary Indonesian Translations Johanna Pink 5 An Unfaithful Translation for the Faithful: Indonesian Islamic Gatekeepers on the Free Poetic Acehnese Translation of the Qurʾān by Teungku Haji Mahjiddin Jusuf (1918–1994) Edwin P. Wieringa 6 An Old Malay Manuscript of Tafsīr and Tajwīd: Formative Islamic Sciences in Nusantara Majid Daneshgar 7 Navigating Anthropomorphism in Malay Islam: Tarjumān al-Mustafīd’s Treatment of the Bodily Attributes of God Han Hsien Liew 8 Talismans with the Names of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus/Aṣḥāb al-Kahf in Muslim Southeast Asia Farouk Yahya Part 3 Critical Reading of Identity and Culture 9 Is Jawi Islamic? Mulaika Hijjas 10 Reason and Rationality in Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia: Harun Nasution’s Dynamic Interventions Khairudin Aljunied 11 Playthings of Destiny: Raden Mas Kareta, His Javanese Father and African Son Michael Laffan 12 An Islamic Paratheater: Ritual Embodiment of Saintly Narratives Julian Millie Peter G. Riddell: Scholarly Publications Index
