Malay-Indonesian Islamic studies : a Festschrift in honor of Peter G. Riddell / edited by Majid Daneshgar, Ervan Nurtawab.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Peter G. Riddell's Contribution to Malay-Indonesian Islamic Studies / Majid Daneshgar and Ervan Nurtawab -- Part I. Manuscripts and Inscriptions: 1. Qurʼān Manuscripts from Southeast Asia in British Collections / Annabel Teh Gallop -- 2. Arabic Texts in Buton in the Light of the La Ode Zaenu Manuscript Collection / A.C.S. Peacock -- 3. A 15th-century Persian Inscription from Bireuen, Aceh: An Early 'Flash' of Sufism before Fanṣūrī in Southeast Asia / Majid Daneshgar, Gregorius Dwi Kuswanta, Masykur Syafruddin and R. Michael Feener -- Part II. Qurʼānic Commentaries, Translation and Theological Concepts: 4. Eight Shades of Ibn Kathīr: The Afterlives of a Premodern Qurʼānic 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 Qurʼān 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 III. 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 -- List of Publications -- Index.

"This volume pays particular attention to rare manuscripts, unique inscriptions, Quran commentaries and translations, textbooks and personal and public archives in the Malay-Indonesian World. This book invites readers to reconstruct the ways in which Malay-Indonesian Islam and Islamic studies has structured"-- Provided by publisher.