عنوان

Reading the Qur'ān in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560 /

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0812240189

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9780812240184

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Title Proper

Reading the Qur'ān in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560 /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Thomas E. Burman

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Philadelphia :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2007

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

vi, 317 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

24 cm

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Material texts

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-302) and indexes

Text of Note

"Most of what we know about attitudes toward Islam in the medieval and early modern West has been based on polemical treatises against Islam written by Christian scholars preoccupied with defending their own faith and attacking the doctrines of Islam. Christian readings of the Qur'an have in consequence typically been depicted as a tedious and one-dimensional exercise in anti-Islamic hostility." "In Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560, Thomas E. Burman looks instead to a different set of sources: the Latin translations of the Qur'an made by European scholars and the manuscripts and early printed books in which these translations circulated. Using these largely unexplored materials, Burman argues that the reading of the Qur'an in Western Europe was much more complex. While their reading was certainly often focused on attacking Islam, scholars of the period turned out to be equally interested in a whole range of grammatical, lexical, and interpretive problems presented by the text. Indeed, these two approaches were interconnected: attacking the Qur'an often required sophisticated explorations of difficult Arabic grammatical problems." "Furthermore, while most readers explicitly denounced the Qur'an as a fraud, translations of the book are sometimes inserted into the standard manuscript format of Christian Bibles and other prestigious Latin texts (small, centered blocks of text surrounded by commentary) or in manuscripts embellished with beautiful decorated initials and elegant calligraphy for the pleasure of wealthy collectors." "Addressing Christian-Muslim relations generally, as well as the histories of reading and the book, Burman offers a picture of how Europeans read the sacred text of Islam."--BOOK JACKET

Koran-- Criticism, interpretation, etc

Koran-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.-- Europe-- History-- Middle Ages, 600-1500

Koran-- Manuscripts-- History

Koran-- Reading-- Europe-- History

Koran-- Translating

Koran., Latin-- Versions-- History

Christianity and other religions-- Islam

Church history-- Middle Ages, 600-1500

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Book number

Burman, Thomas E

Date of Transaction

20091019104752.0

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[Book]

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