The Enlightenment Quran: the Politics of Translation and the Construction of Islam
Ziad Elmarsafy
The Enlightenment Quran: the Politics of Translation and the Construction of Islam
Author
Ziad ElmarsafyPublisher
Oneworld PublicationsEdition 1
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Title and Author
The Enlightenment Quran: the Politics of Translation and the Construction of Islam / Ziad ElmarsafyPublication Details
آکسفورد : Oneworld Publications، 2014مPhysical Description
xiv, 269 p.; 21 cm.Subject
Quran -- Translating -- HistoryEnlightenment -- Europe
Religion and science -- Europe -- History 18th century
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انگلیسیNotes
Enlightenment Quran : The Politics of Translation and the Construction of Islam.bibliography: p. ]332[ - 752.
Index.
Contents
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Translators and Translations of the Quran; 2. Sale, Marracci, and the Representation of Islam; 3. Translating Christ and Christianity; 4. Voltaire: Muhammad and Moses, Opposition and Identification; 5. Rousseau and the Language of the Legislator; 6. Savary, Napoleon, and Egypt: Visions of Prophecy and Conquest; 7. Goethe: Poetry and Prophecy, from Mahomet to World Literature; Afterword; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index; Index of Qur'a nic Verses