Maria Massi Dakake

Maria Massi Dakake
Nationality	American
Occupation	Islamic studies scholar
Academic background
Alma mater	Cornell University Princeton University
Academic work
Discipline	Islamic studies
Institutions	George Mason University

Maria Massi Dakake (/ˈdeɪˌkeɪk/ DAY-kayk) is an American scholar of Islamic studies and associate professor of Religious Studies at George Mason University.[1][2] Her research mainly focuses on Islamic intellectual history, Quranic studies, Shi`ite and Sufi traditions, and women's spirituality and religious experience. She was a contributor to The Study Quran - a modern verse-by-verse commentary of the Quran.[3]

Biography

Dakake graduated with a B.A in Government from Cornell University in 1990 and completed her MA and PhD in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University in 1998 and 2000 respectively. She is the director of Graduate program at George Mason University and a founding member and former interim director (2015-2016) of the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies. She has been at George Mason University since 2000 and has served as the chair of the Department of Religious Studies. Before joining George Mason University, Dakake taught at the College of New Jersey as an adjunct professor and Princeton University as a preceptor.[4]

Personal life

She is a convert to Islam from a Christian background.[5]

Works

• The Charismatic Community: Shi'ite Identity in Early Islam (SUNY Press, 2008)[6]
• The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary (Translator, commentary writer and general editor) with Seyyed Hossein Nasr (editor-in-chief), Caner Dagli, Joseph E. B. Lumbard and Mohammed Rustom. HarperOne, 2015.[7]
• The Routledge Companion to the Qur'an edited by George Archer, Maria M. Dakake, and Daniel A. Madigan. Routledge, 2021.
• The Life and Legacy of Muhammad. The Great Courses with Audible, 2022.

See also

• Nusrat Amin
• Celene Ibrahim
• Leyla Ozgur Alhassen
• Ruqayya Yasmine Khan

References

1. Davary, Bahar (2016-11-08). "The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary". Horizons. 43 (2). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 397–401. doi:10.1017/hor.2016.108. ISSN 0360-9669.
2. Alexandrin, Elizabeth (2016). "The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary". Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society. 59. The Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society: 104–108.
3. Editor, Daniel Burke, CNN Religion. "Could this Quran curb extremism?". CNN. Retrieved 2018-06-20. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
4. "Faculty and Staff: Maria M Dakake". Religious Studies. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
5. Seyyed Hossein Nasr. The Study Quran: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2015. p. 37.
6. Reviews of The Charismatic Community: Shi'ite Identity in Early Islam:
   • Anzalone, Christopher (2007). "The Charismatic Community: Shi'ite Identity in Early Islam". Religious Studies Review. 33 (4). Wiley: 328–329. doi:10.1111/j.1748-0922.2007.00227_1.x. ISSN 0319-485X.
   • Walker, P.E. (2009) 'The Charismatic Community: Shi'ite Identity in Early Islam', The Journal of the American Oriental Society, 129(4), pp. 727-728.
   • Rizvi, Sajjad H. (2008). "The Charismatic Community: Shiʿite Identity in Early Islam". Journal of Qur'anic Studies. 10 (2). Edinburgh University Press: 98–101. doi:10.3366/e1465359109000448. ISSN 1465-3591.
   • Stewart, Devin (2008). "The Charismatic Community". American Journal of Islam and Society. 25 (4). International Institute of Islamic Thought: 128–130. doi:10.35632/ajis.v25i4.1439. ISSN 2690-3741.
7. Reviews of The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary:
   • Davary, Bahar (2016). "The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary". Horizons. 43 (2): 397–401. doi:10.1017/hor.2016.108. ISSN 0360-9669.
   • Drury, Abdullah (2016). "The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary". Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations. 27 (4): 493–495. doi:10.1080/09596410.2016.1148886. ISSN 0959-6410. S2CID 147717452.
   • Lawrence, Bruce B. (2016). "The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary". The Muslim World. 106 (3). Wiley: 633–638. doi:10.1111/muwo.12136. ISSN 0027-4909.
   • Powers, David S. (2018). "The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary". Review of Qur'anic Research. 4 (3). International Qur’anic Studies Association.
   • Bellin, Elise (2020). "IRC Book Review: The Study Quran: A New Translation And Commentary". Wisconsin Muslim Journal. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
   • Leaman, Oliver (2017). "The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary". Philosophy East and West. 67 (2). Project Muse: 594–596. doi:10.1353/pew.2017.0049. ISSN 1529-1898. S2CID 171836399.
   • Fudge, Bruce (2018). "Study the Quran or The Study Quran?". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 138 (3). American Oriental Society: 575–588. doi:10.7817/jameroriesoci.138.3.0575. ISSN 0003-0279.
   • Geissinger, Aisha (2016). "The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary". Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 85 (1). Oxford University Press (OUP): 270–272. doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfw074. ISSN 0002-7189.
   • Vaid, Mobeen (2016). "The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary". Islamic Sciences. 13 (2). Center for Islamic Sciences: 105–118.
   • Miller, Caleb (2015). "Review of 'The Study Quran'". Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
   • Gökkır, Necmettin (2016). "The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary". İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 36: 179–182. doi:10.26570/isad.327255.
   • Laabdi, Mourad (2017). "The Study Quran: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary". Iranian Studies. 50 (3). Informa UK Limited: 467–471. doi:10.1080/00210862.2017.1285602. ISSN 0021-0862. S2CID 164945016.
   • Bauer, Karen (2017). The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences. 34 (4): 70–74.
   • Alexandrin, Lisa (2016). Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society. 49: 104–108.
   • Ford, Peter (2016). Theological Review. 37 (1–2): 140–142.
   • Görke, Andreas (2018). Speculum. 93 (1): 250–251.
   • Ibrahim, Celene (2016). "The Study Quran: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary". Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies. 1 (2). Indiana University Press: 89–92. doi:10.2979/jims.1.2.08. ISSN 2470-7066.
   • Medoff, Louis (2016). Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies. 9 (3): 367–371.
   • Metzler, Berenike (2018). "The Study Quran: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. 168 (2): 500–502.
   • Samsel, Peter (2016). "The Study Quran: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary". Sacred Web. 37: 77–104.
   • de Souza, Felipe Freitas (2016). "The Study Quran: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary". Revista Espaço Acadêmico. 187: 171–173.
   • Muchlisin, Annas Rolli (2017). "Kesarjanaan Tradisionalis alQur'an di era Kontemporer". Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman. 12 (2): 288–310.
   • Geoffroy, Eric (2016). "Seyyed Hossein Nasr, The Study Quran – A New Translation and Commentary". Les cahiers de l'Islam (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-14.