John Cooper (Islamic studies scholar)

American scholar of Islam

John Cooper

Born| 1947

Brighton

Died| 1998

outside Reims in northern France

Nationality| British
Scientific career
Fields| Islamic Studies
Institutions| University of Cambridge
Thesis|  Intellect and Language: A Case Study of the Philosophical Foundations of Shii Legal Methodology
Doctoral advisor| Wilferd Ferdinand Madelung

John (Yahya) Cooper (24 August 1947 - 9 January 1998) was a British Islamic studies scholar and the E. G. Browne lecturer in Persian at the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Cambridge.[1][2]

## Works

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* A Manual of Islamic beliefs and practice
* Islam and modernity: Muslim intellectuals respond
* Jāmiʻ al-bayān ʻan taʼwīl āy al-Qurʼān
* La vie berbère par les textes : parlors du sud-ouest marocain (tachelhit)
* The significance of Islamic manuscripts : proceedings of the inaugural conference of al-Furqān Islamic Heritage Foundation
* Ṭabarī. The commentary on the Qurʼān
* Universal science : an introduction to Islamic metaphysics

## References

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1. ^ Melville, Charles (1997). "John Cooper (1947-1998)". Iranian Studies. 30 (3/4): 413–415\. doi:10.1080/00210869708701891. ISSN 0021-0862. JSTOR 4311108.413-415&rft.date=1997&rft.issn=0021-0862&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4311108#id-name=JSTOR&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080/00210869708701891&rft.aulast=Melville&rft.aufirst=Charles&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4311108&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:John+Cooper+(Islamic+studies+scholar)" class="Z3988">
2. ^ "Obituary: John Cooper". The Independent. 24 January 1998.

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