Scott C Lucas

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Books

• Lucas, S. C. (2017). Selections from the Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur'an by al-Tabari. Islamic Texts Society.
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  This is a translation of 32 selections from a famous 10th century Qur'an commentary. In 2016, I wrote the translator's introduction (attached below) and completed the appendices, as well as corresponded with an editor for much of the fall. The book should come out in 2017. This is the same work I have mentioned for the past 10 years.
• Lucas, S. C. (2017). Tafsir al-Tabari: Selections in Translation. Islamic Texts Society.
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  I submitted the complete, 700 pages of translation in December 2015. The appendices and front matter are with the publisher now. The target is for a late 2016/early 2017 publication of this book, probably in two volumes.

Chapters

• Lucas, S. C. (2023). "Teaching Islam in Yemen: Insights from two Forty Ḥadīth Collections". In Beyond Authenticity.
• Lucas, S. C. (2020). Ibn Abi Shayba. In Encyclopaedia of Islam THREE. Brill.
• Lucas, S. C. (2020). Ibn Ḥanbal’s Reconstruction of the Ṣaḥīfa of ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb: A Preliminary Assessment. In Festschrift for G.H.A. Juynboll(pp 8000 words). Brill.
• Lucas, S. C. (2019). Ibn Sa'd. In Encyclopaedia of Islam THREE. Brill.
• Lucas, S. C. (2015). Ibn al-Mundhir. In Encyclopaedia of Islam, Third Edition. Brill.
• Lucas, S. C. (2018). Ibn Khuzayma. In Encyclopaedia of Islam, Third Edition. Brill.
• Lucas, S. C. (2014). Forty Tradtions. In Encyclopaedia of Islam, Third Edition.
• Lucas, S. C. (2015). Al-Hakim al-Naysaburi and the Companions of the Prophet: An Original Sunni Voice in the Shi'i Century. In The Heritage of Arabo-Islamic Learning: Studies in Honor of Kadi(pp 236-249). Brill.
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  This is a contribution to the Festschrift for Professor Wadad al-Qadi. I do not have a PDF of it yet and it is written in a font that will be unintelligible on most computers.;
• Lucas, S. C. (2014). Is the Qur’an Wise? Is God the Outward? Two Exegetical Debates Lost in English Translations of the Qur’an. In Arabic and Islamic Studies in Honor of Dr. Adel Sulaiman Gamal(pp 541-566).
• Lucas, S. C. (2013). Diya. In Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law. Oxford.
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  Short entry on "diya" commissioned for the new Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law, edited by Jonathan Brown. I wrote the artice in 2012.;
• Lucas, S. C. (2012). Companions of the Prophet.
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  1000 words;Full Citation: "Companions of the Prophet," Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. Princeton, 2012. pp. 109-110;

Journals/Publications

• Lucas, S. C. (2021). A Zaydi Qurʾān Commentary from Yemen: An Introduction to Tajrīd al-Kashshāf maʿa ziyādat nukat liṭāf. Journal of Qur'anic Studies.
• Lucas, S. C. (2020). Islamic Theology in Thirty Topics: A Yemeni-Zaydī Tradition Preserved in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. Shii Studies Review (Brill).
• Lucas, S. C. (2020). The Value of Classical Islamic Thought for Muslims Today. American Journal of Islam and Society, 149-173.
• Lucas, S. C. (2019). “Consensus is Yemeni-Zaydī Jurisprudence: Selections from unpublished writings by Imam Aḥmad b. Sulaymān and Qāḍī Ǧaʿfar,”. Chroniques du manuscrit au Yémen, 9, 56-99.
• Lucas, S. C. (2018). “Qāḍī Ǧaʿfar in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana: An Overview”. Chroniques du manuscrit au Yémen, 7, 105-140.
• Lucas, S. C. (2017). “An Efficacious Invocation Inscribed in the Dome of the Rock: Literary and epigraphic evidence for a first-century hadith,”. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 215-230.
• Lucas, S. C. (2011). “â€. Journal of Religious Ethics/Blackwell.
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• Lucas, S. C. (2010). Principles of Traditionist Jurisprudence Reconsidered. The Muslim World/Blackwell.
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  ;Full Citation: Principles of Traditionist Jurisprudence Reconsidered," The Muslim World, 100.1 (2010): 145-56.;
• Lucas, S. C. (2009). Justifying Gender Inequality in the Shafiâ€. Journal of the American Oriental Society.
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  ;Full Citation: Scott Lucas, “Justifying Gender Inequality in the Shafiâ€;
• Lucas, S. C. (2008). Divorce, Hadith-scholar Style: From al-Darimi to al-Tirmidhi. Journal of Islamic Studies/ Oxford.
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  ;Full Citation: “Divorce, Hadith-scholar Style: From al-Darimi to al-Tirmidhi,” Journal of Islamic Studies, 19.3 (2008): 325-68.;
• Lucas, S. C. (2008). Major Topics of The Hadith. Religion Compass/ Blackwell.
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  ;Full Citation: “Major Topics of the Hadith,” Religion Compass, 2 (2008): 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2007.00058.x (Blackwell).;Electronic: Yes;
• Lucas, S. C. (2008). Where are the Legal Hadith? A Study of the Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shayba. Islamic Law and Society/ Brill.
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  ;Full Citation: “Where are the Legal Hadith? A Study of the Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shayba,” Islamic Law and Society, 15.3 (2008): 283-314.;
• Lucas, S. C. (2007). Abu Bakr Ibn al-Mundhir, Amputation, and the Art of Ijtihad. International Journal of Middle East Studies/Cambridge.
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  ;Full Citation: “Abu Bakr Ibn al-Mundhir, Amputation, and the Art of Ijtihad,” International Journal of Middle East Studies, 39.3 (2007): 351-68;
• Lucas, S. C. (2006). “The Legal Principles of Muhammad b. Ismaâ€. Islamic Law and Society/Brill.
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  ;Full Citation: “The Legal Principles of Muhammad b. Ismaâ€;

Presentations

• Lucas, S. C. (2021, April). Zaydi Adaptations of the Sunni Tradition in Yemen: The Case of Qur’an Commentaries. Mellon Minorities in the Middle East and North Africa Series. UCLA/Zoom: Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA.
• Lucas, S. C. (2021, February). A Guide that is Clear to Zaydi Tafsir: An Introduction to Qur’an Commentaries from Northern Yemen. Farouk Mustafa Memorial Friday Lecture Series. Chicago/Zoom: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago.
• Lucas, S. C. (2021, October). The Subtle Pleasures of Hidden Treasures: Thoughts on Arabic Manuscripts in American Libraries. Council of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Annual Lecture Series, ASU. ASU/Zoom: ASU Council of Arabic and Islamic Studies.
• Lucas, S. C. (2019, March). Qadi Ja‘far and the Zaydi Revival in 6th/12th century Yemen. 229th meeting of the American Oriental Society. Chicago.
• Lucas, S. C. (2018, December). Islamic Theology in Thirty Topics: A Yemeni-Zaydi tradition preserved in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. Yemeni Manuscripts and Zaydi Studies Conference, Institute for Advanced Study. Princeton, NJ: Institute for Advanced Study.
• Lucas, S. C. (2018, March). “How Many Laws are in the Qur’an? Answers from Zaydi Yemen,”. Islamic Studies Initiative, University of Texas, Austin. Austin, Texas.
• Lucas, S. C. (2018, March). “Legal Interpretations of Surat Yusuf in Yemen: A Study of Zaydi Qur’an Commentaries,”. 228th Meeting of the American Oriental Society. Pittsburgh, PA.
• Lucas, S. C. (2017, March). “Did Shah Wali Allah Transmit a Zaydi Hadith Collection?”. 227th Meeting of the American Oriental Society. Los Angeles, CA: American Oriental Society.
• Lucas, S. C. (2017, October). “The Challenge of Islamic Civilization to Islamic Revival”. Shaykh Dr. Taha Jabir al-Alwani Conference: Renewal of Islamic Thought. Herndon, Virginia: International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT.
• Lucas, S. C. (2016, Fall). Yemeni Treasures in Indiana: Zaydi Manuscripts at Notre Dame University. MENAS ColloquiumMENAS.
• Lucas, S. C. (2015, April). Is Baghdad a Mediterranean City?. Mediterranean Passages: An Interdisciplinary Symposium SUNY Brockport. SUNY Brockport: SUNY Brockport.
• Lucas, S. C. (2015, December). Ibn Hanbal’s Reconstruction of ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Amr’s Sahifa: A Preliminary Assessment. Islam at 250: A Conference in Memory of Dr. G.H.A. Juynboll. Leiden University, The Netherlands: Leiden University.
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  International conference on early Islam. The papers are anticipated to be published in an edited volume to be published by Brill.
• Lucas, S. C. (2012, 2013-02-01). “You are divorced if/when/every time you wish”: The Power of Arabic Particles in Classical Islamic Law. Annual Meeting of MESA. Denver, CO.
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  I organized a panel on Gender and Islamic Law at MESA and presented this paper;Refereed: Yes;Type of Presentation: Professional Organization;
• Lucas, S. C. (2011, 2011-03-01). “Disciplinary Specialization among the Companions and Successors: Evidence from the Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shayba and al-Tabari's Qur'an Commentary”. 221st Meeting of the American Oriental Society. Chicago, IL.
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  ;Refereed: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
• Lucas, S. C. (2011, 2011-12-01). The Dynamism of the Islamic Tradition. Fundraising Dinner for University of Detroit Mercy. Dearborn Heights, MI.
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  This was a keynote address at a fundraising dinner for the new Islamic Studies program at University of Detroit Mercy.;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Invited/Plenary Speaker;
• Lucas, S. C. (2010, 2010-02-01). Al-Misbah al-munir fi idah â€. Marshall 490.
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  This was a talk in Arabic as part of the new NES series of Arabic lectures.;Type of Presentation: University;
• Lucas, S. C. (2009, 2009-03-01). “Al-Hakim al-Naysaburi and the Companions of the Prophet: An Original Sunni Voice in the Shiâ€. American Oriental Society. Albuquerque, NM.
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  Paper presentation of forthcoming book article for Wadad Kadi's Festschrift to be published by Brill;Submitted: Yes;Type of Presentation: Professional Organization;
• Lucas, S. C. (2008, 2008-04-01). Who are the Traditionists and What are their Principles? Evidence from the Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shayba. Joseph Schacht Revisited Workshop, Islamic Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School. Harvard University.
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  ;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference/Workshop;
• Lucas, S. C. (2008, 2008-11-01). Defining Sunnism: The Contributions of Abu Dawud and Ibn Maja. Middle East Studies Assoication/ Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.
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  ;Submitted: Yes;Refereed: Yes;Type of Presentation: Professional Organization;
• Lucas, S. C. (2008, 2008-11-01). â€. American Academy of Religion. Chicago.
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• Lucas, S. C. (2007, 2007-11-01). Where are all the Legal Hadiths? An Examination of Ibn Abi Shayba's Musannaf. American Academy of Religion/National. San Diego.
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• Lucas, S. C. (2006, 2006-03-01). Legal Jihad: The Modern Relevance of Classical Ahkam al-Qur'an Commentaries. American Academy of Religion/Western Region Annual Meeting. Claremont, CA.
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  ;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;

Reviews

• Lucas, S. C. (2022. Review of Garrett Davidson, Carrying on the Tradition (2020).
• Lucas, S. C. (2020. Review of Jonathan Brockopp, Muhammad's Heirs. Islamic Law and Society.
• Lucas, S. C. (2017. Review of Adis Duderija (ed.), The Sunna and its Status in Islamic Law(pp 287-289). Islamic Law and Society.
• Lucas, S. C. (2017. Review of Umar Wymann-Landgraf, Malik and Medina(pp 627-629). Journal of the American Oriental Society.
• Lucas, S. C. (2016. Lonely Modernist Muslims.
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  Review of Asma Afsaruddin's Contemporary Issues in Islam
• Lucas, S. C. (2016. Review of Ahmed El Shamsy's The Canonization of Islamic Law.
• Lucas, S. C. (2015. Book Review of Misquoting Muhammad by Jonathan Brown(pp 245-49).
• Lucas, S. C. (2014. Review of The Transmission and Dynamics of the Textual Sources of Islam: Studies in Honour of Harald Motzki.
• Lucas, S. C. (2012. Film review of Le Coran, aux origins du Livre.
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  I don't yet have a PDF of the published version.;Full Citation: Film review of Le Coran, aux origins du Livre [The Koran: Back to the Origins of the Book], a film by Bruno Ulmer, ARTE France (2009), in Review of Middle East Studies, 46.1 (2012), 93-4.;
• Lucas, S. C. (2011. Book review of of Ibn al-Salah, An Introduction to the Science of the Hadith, translated by Eerik Dickinson.
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  ;Full Citation: Book review of Ibn al-Salah, An Introduction to the Science of the Hadith, translated by Eerik Dickinson (2005), Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 70:1 (2011): 168-9.;
• Lucas, S. C. (2010. Book Review of An Anthology of Qur'anic Commentaries, Volume I: On the Nature of the Divine.
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  Even though this review is in a PDF, PETS would not accept it when I tried to upload it. So I included page proofs.;Full Citation: Book review of An Anthology of Qur'anic Commentaries, Volume I: On the Nature of the Divine, edited by Feras Hamza et. al. (2008), Journal of Shiâ€;
• Lucas, S. C. (2006. Brannon M. Wheeler (editor), Teaching Islam.
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  ;Full Citation: Brannon M. Wheeler (editor), Teaching Islam, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 65.3 (2006): 209-10.;
• Lucas, S. C. (2006. Herbert Berg (editor), Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins.
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  ;Full Citation: Herbert Berg (editor), Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins (2003), Middle East Studies Bulletin, 40.1 (2006): 93-4;

Others

• Lucas, S. C. (2008). Sunna.
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  ;Full Citation: “Sunna,” The Encyclopedia of Christianity, originally edited by Erwin Fahlbusch [et al.]; translator and English-language editor, Geoffrey W. Bromiley (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans; Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2008), 5:231-2. (500 words);Type of Publication: Encyclopedia Article;
• Lucas, S. C. (2008). Sunnism, Sunni.
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  ;Full Citation: “Sunnism, Sunni,” The Encyclopedia of Christianity, originally edited by Erwin Fahlbusch [et al.]; translator and English-language editor, Geoffrey W. Bromiley (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans; Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2008), 5:232-6. (3000 words);Type of Publication: Encyclopedia Article;