David Penchansky: Studying the Qur’an as a Biblical Scholar

In this video I have a discussion with Professor Emeritus David Penchansky about his journey from Biblical studies into Qur’anic studies, what to do with scriptural inconsistencies, and his research on the Solomon stories in the Qur’an. We discuss a wide range of topics having to do with comparative study of the Qur’an and the Bible as well as scriptural hermeneutics generally. David Penchansky is Professor Emeritus at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. He obtained his Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from Vanderbilt University in 1988. His expertise is in Hebrew Bible, Wisdom Literature of the Bible, Literary Criticism of the Bible, Ideological Criticism of the Bible, Narrative analysis, narratives in the Qur’an, and Inter-religious dialogue. He has recently written Solomon and the Ant: Qur’an and Bible in Dialogue, Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2021. I hope that you enjoy this discussion! Please remember to like the video and subscribe to the channel to see more content like thi