Andrew Rippin
Andrew Lawrence Rippin (born May 16, 1950 in London , † November 29, 2016 in Victoria ) was a Canadian scholar of Islam.
Life
He served as Professor of History and Dean of the Humanities Faculty at the University of Victoria . His academic focus was on the history of the origin of Islam and the interpretation of the Koran in the classical period of Islam. In 2006 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada . Some works relate to the study of Ibadism . Rippin was a student of John Wansbrough and was considered an important representative of the so-called "revisionist" school of Islamic studies , which stands for a historical-critical re-research of the sources of the early Islamic period.
Fonts (selection)
- with Jan Knappert : Textual sources for the study of Islam . Chicago 1992, ISBN 0-226-72063-2 .
- The Qur'an and its interpretative tradition . Aldershot 2001, ISBN 0-86078-848-2 .
- Muslims. Their religious beliefs and practices . London 2012, ISBN 0415489393 .
- with Norman Calder and Jawid Mojaddedi : Classical Islam. A sourcebook of religious literature . London 2013, ISBN 978-0-415-50507-9 .
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| SURNAME | Rippin, Andrew |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rippin, Andrew Lawrence (full name); Rippin, A .; Rippin, Andrew L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian scholar of Islam and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 29th November 2016 |
| Place of death | Victoria |