The written word can be a powerful vehicle. Come to this website from time to time for updates on Dr. Brubaker’s published writing. 

A partial list follows and will be updated from time to time:

• “Partial taping on kalāla in one early muṣḥaf,” International Qurʾanic Studies Association, iqsaweb.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/kalala/. July 1, 2013
• “Intentional Changes in Qurʾan Manuscripts.” PhD diss., Rice University, 2014.
• “Dhimma;” “Khalid ibn al-Walid (d. 642 CE);” “Siffin, Battle of (657 CE);” “Uhud, Battle of (625 CE).” In War and Religion: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict, edited by Jeffrey M. Shaw and Timothy J. Demy, 241-2, 447-8, 740-1, 817-18. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2017.
• “Review of François Déroche, Qurʾans of the Umayyads: A First Overview,” In Review of Qurʾanic Research Vol. 3 (2017)
• “Remembering Keith Small (1959-2018),” Manuscripta Orientalia Vol. 24, No. 2 (December 2018)
• Corrections in Early Qurʾān Manuscripts: Twenty Examples (2019)
• “Caliphate;” “Hamas;” “Human Rights;” “Immigration and Sanctuary;” “Islam in Africa;” “Islam in Australia and Oceania;” “Islam in North America;” “Jihad;” “Liberation Theology;” “Property;” “Radical Islam;” “Religious Freedom;” “Sharia;” “Shia Islam;” “Speech and Conscience;” “Sunni Islam;” “Terrorism;” “United Nations” In Religion and Contemporary Politics: A Global Encyclopedia, edited by Timothy J. Demy and Jeffrey M. Shaw, 8-13, 15-22, 31-5, 39-46, 128-131, 178-80, 405, 464-7, 704-6, 728-9, 782-4, 789-91, 799-802, 877-883, 946-9. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2019. (*Note that several articles were heavily altered by editors)
• “Manuscripts and memory: the fraught nature of an obvious investigation into the textual history of the Quran,” Bibliotheca Orientalis LXXVII, 5/6 (2020)
• “The place of the Scale(s) in the Reckoning,” and “Manuscripts of the Quran” In The Qurʾan With Christian Commentary: A Guide to Understanding the Scripture of Islam, edited by Gordon Nickel, 407-8, 481-3. Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 2020.
• “Forgotten God?: Post-Production Insertions of allāh In Early Qur’an Manuscripts,” In Die Entstehung einer Weltreligion VI: Vom umayyadischen Christentum zum abbasidischen Islam, edited by Markus Groß, and Robert M. Kerr, 40-62. Berlin: Schiler & Mücke, 2021.
• “Corrections to Hythem Sidky’s Review of Corrections in Early Qurʾān Manuscripts” (2021)
• By The People? The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election and Theft of Americans’ Right to Self Rule (Think and Tell, 2022)
• “A Critical Edition of the Quran” In Inârah volume 11, edited by Markus Groß, and Robert M. Kerr. Berlin: Schiler & Mücke, 2023. (forthcoming)

Learning is a benefit to the world when we pass it along to the next generation. Dr. Brubaker has taught at many levels over the years, and continues to do so. At time of this writing, he is a professor at two accredited institutions of higher learning and sits on a doctoral advisory committee at a third. Following is a selection of Dr. Brubaker’s teaching and public lectures:

• World Religions, Houston Baptist University (now Houston Christian University), five semesters 2008-2010.
• “Asking forgiveness seventy times: Discussion of a Qurʾān manuscript variant.” Paper presented on the panel Qurʾān Studies: Between Text and Interpretation, at the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, San Diego, CA, November 21, 2010.
• “Manuscript and Tradition: Exploring Scribal Alterations in Early Qurʾans in View of the Qiraʾat and Masahif Literature.” Paper presented on the panel The Qurʾan: Historical Context, Manuscripts, and Material Culture at Annual Meeting of the International Qurʾanic Studies Association, San Diego, CA, November 22, 2014.
• “New research on corrections in early Qurʾān manuscripts.” Rockwell Lecture, Rice University, November 9, 2015.
• “Corrections involving the word rizq (Provision) in early Qurʾans.” Paper presented on the panel The Qurʾan: Manuscripts, and Material Culture at the Annual Meeting of the International Qurʾanic Studies Association, San Antonio, TX, November 19, 2016.
• “Towards a Sophisticated Digital Concordance of the Qurʾan: A Presentation of the Qurʾan Gateway Project.” Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the International Qurʾanic Studies Association, Boston, MA, November 20, 2017.
• Biblical Hebrew (introductory to intermediate), taught to students at Brubaker home on Monday evenings, 2017-2022.
• “Introducing Qurʾan Gateway.” Lecture delivered at the Oriental Institute, Oxford University, April 24, 2018.
• “Parchment to Pixels: Moments in the Transmission History of the Qurʾan Text, Into the Digital Age.” Organizer of the panel and discussant, Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, Washington, DC, November 3, 2018.
• “Taking Stock of the Special Challenges and Opportunities of Current Digital Technologies and Applications for Qurʾan Manuscript Studies.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Qurʾanic Studies Association, Denver, CO, November 18, 2018.
• “Some Observations About Corrections In D-Style Qurʾan Manuscripts.” Paper presented at the conference Reading the Rasm — Quranic Text, Reading Traditions, and The ʿArabiyya, Leiden University, December 7-8, 2018.
• “Qurʾan Manuscripts an the Qurʾan’s Early Written Transmission History.” Public lecture at Al-Makhtoum College of Higher Education, Dundee, Scotland, February 28, 2019.
• “Muhammad as Messenger: Physical corrections of passages dealing with Muhammad’s prophetic role in Qurʾan manuscripts.” Paper presented on the panel Textual Criticism of the New Testament, the Old Testament, and the Qurʾan, European Association of Biblical Studies, Warsaw, Poland, August 12, 2019.
• “Partial correction? A discussion of one Qurʾan fragment, possibly 8th century,” Paper presented on the panel Textual Criticism of the New Testament, the Old Testament, and the Qurʾan, at the Annual Meeting of the International Qurʾanic Studies Association, San Diego, November 2019.
• “Introduction to the Quran,” Veritas International University. (ongoing, periodic)
• “What is the Quran?” and “Why You Should Care About Quran Manuscripts.” Public lectures delivered at the Jenkins Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, February 3-4, 2023.

Every person has limited time in this world. Caring for what’s true and seeking what is just are important, and both require people to offer themselves for a season to public service. 

According to the Bible, kindness and truth go hand-in-hand:

“Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.” (Proverbs 3:3)

Dr. Brubaker and his family have throughout their lives been involved in community service through volunteer and other activities. Such has taken the form of teaching, music, charitable work, and help with logistics and events, to name a few. In 2020, he began a YouTube channel titled “Variant Quran,” as a vehicle for wider dissemination of his Quran manuscript research. In 2022, he began a second YouTube channel titled “Kindness and Truth,” taking its name from the Proverbs verse quoted above, and that channel’s first videos are under development.

In late 2020, Dr. Brubaker was asked to consider running for school board in his home of Loudoun County, Virginia. He had preliminary meetings to explore the possibility in early 2021, and in January of 2022 he began collecting signatures to get onto the ballot in the Catoctin District. By March, his candidacy was official. If the voters choose him, he will serve a four year term on the LCPS school board, intending to offer wisdom and to guide the LCPS organization in a direction that will help the kids, parents, and taxpayers of Loudoun County.

Civic duty is best if shared by many citizens and for a season of their lives. Dr. Brubaker intends to conduct his service to the Loudoun County Public Schools (if elected) alongside other pursuits such as his ongoing book publications and important Quran manuscript research. But he hopes that other regular Americans will follow his lead and similarly offer themselves to help at a local level.

This is Dr. Brubaker’s personal and web page and is not related to his campaign for public office. Those wishing to learn more or donate to Brubaker’s campaign for school board may visit www.brubakerforeveryone.com