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The Latin Qur'an, 1143-1500 - Translation, Transition, Interpretation (Hardcover)
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The Latin Qur'an, 1143-1500 - Translation, Transition, Interpretation (Hardcover)
Series: The European Qur'an
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In 1143 Robert of Ketton produced the first Latin translation of
the Qur'an. This translation, extant in 24 manuscripts, was one of
the main ways in which Latin European readers had access to the
Muslim holy book. Yet it was not the only means of transmission of
Quranic stories and concepts to the Latin world: there were other
medieval translations into Latin of the Qur'an and of Christian
polemical texts composed in Arabic which transmitted elements of
the Qur'an (often in a polemical mode). The essays in this volume
examine the range of medieval Latin transmission of the Qur'an and
reaction to the Qur'an by concentrating on the manuscript
traditions of medieval Qur'an translations and anti-Islamic
polemics in Latin. We see how the Arabic text was transmitted and
studied in Medieval Europe. We examine the strategies of
translators who struggled to find a proper vocabulary and syntax to
render Quranic terms into Latin, at times showing miscomprehensions
of the text or willful distortions for polemical purposes. These
translations and interpretations by Latin authors working primarily
in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Spain were the main sources of
information about Islam for European scholars until well into the
sixteenth century, when they were printed, reused and commented.
This volume presents a key assessment of a crucial chapter in
European understandings of Islam.
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