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Within the two essays collected in this book the author challenges the most traditional approaches to the Qur´anic studies and builds a dialogic dimension between the Book and the Reader. The first essay (2014) recalls the hermeneutic approach of the Egyptian philosopher N.H. Abu Zayd and expands his arguments by means of a critical comparison with Gadamer and Ricoeur. The second essay (2016) is instead focused on the figure of Abraham within the Qur´an and advances an alternative theory on the relation existing between the Islamic and the Jewish-Christian tradition.

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Maria Elena Gottarelli (Bologna, 1992) living in Paris, specialized in Islamic Culture and Arabic Language. She took her first degree in Philosophy at the Catholic University of Milan (2011-2014). She subsequently took a M.A in Islamic Culture at the SOAS University of London (2015-2016).

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