Nicolai Sinai

Nicolai Sinai (born 1976) is a German scholar of Quranic studies. He is a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Oxford as well as a Fellow of Pembroke College and the British Academy.

Sinai's work explores the historical, literary, and exegetical dimensions of the Qur'an, including its engagement with Jewish and Christian traditions, as well as pre-Islamic Arabic poetry, and its Late Antique Arabian context.

Biography Education Sinai studied Arabic and philosophy at the University of Leipzig, the Free University of Berlin and the University of Cairo. He received his doctorate in Arabic studies from the Free University of Berlin in 2007.