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 , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

Works

*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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, John 1947 births British Islamic studies scholars 1998 deaths Academics of the University of Cambridge Alumni of the University of Oxford