LEADER 05113nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910781737703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-21070-3 010 $a9786613210708 010 $a0-8122-0022-5 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812200225 035 $a(CKB)2550000000050898 035 $a(OCoLC)759158241 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10491995 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000649564 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11364599 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000649564 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10619619 035 $a(PQKB)10771858 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3107 035 $a(DE-B1597)448882 035 $a(OCoLC)979741005 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812200225 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441538 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10491995 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL321070 035 $a(OCoLC)824104050 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441538 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000050898 100 $a20070914d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReading the Qur'a?n in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560$b[electronic resource] /$fThomas E. Burman 210 $aPhiladelphia [Pa.] $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 225 1 $aMaterial texts 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-2062-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [289]-302) and indexes. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tA Note on Matters of Form -- $tIntroduction. Qur'?n Translation, Qur'?n Manuscripts, and Qur'?n Reading in Latin Christendom -- $tChapter 1. Translation, Philology, and Latin Style -- $tChapter 2. Latin-Christian Qur'?n Translators, Muslim Qur'?n Exegesis -- $tChapter 3. Polemic, Philology, and Scholastic Reading in the Earliest Manuscript of Robert of Ketton's Latin Qur'?n -- $tChapter 4. New Readers, New Frames: The Later Manuscript and Printed Versions of Robert of Ketton's Latin Qur'?n -- $tChapter 5. The Qur'?n Translations of Mark of Toledo and Flavius Mithridates: Manuscript Framing and Reading Approaches -- $tChapter 6. The Manuscripts of Egidio da Viterbo's Bilingual Qur'an: Philology (and Polemic?) in the Sixteenth Century -- $tConclusion. Juan de Segovia and Qur'?n Reading in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560 -- $tAppendix. Four Translations of 22:1-5 -- $tAbbreviations and Short Titles -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex of Qur'?nic References -- $tIndex of Manuscripts -- $tIndex of Persons and Subjects -- $tAcknowledgments 330 $aSelected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic TitleMost of what we know about attitudes toward Islam in the medieval and early modern West has been based on polemical treatises against Islam written by Christian scholars preoccupied with defending their own faith and attacking the doctrines of others. Christian readings of the Qur'?n have in consequence typically been depicted as tedious and one-dimensional exercises in anti-Islamic hostility.In Reading the Qur'?n in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560, Thomas E. Burman looks instead to a different set of sources: the Latin translations of the Qur'?n made by European scholars and the manuscripts and early printed books in which these translations circulated. Using these largely unexplored materials, Burman argues that the reading of the Qur'?n in Western Europe was much more complex. While their reading efforts were certainly often focused on attacking Islam, scholars of the period turned out to be equally interested in a whole range of grammatical, lexical, and interpretive problems presented by the text. Indeed, these two approaches were interconnected: attacking the Qur'?n often required sophisticated explorations of difficult Arabic grammatical problems.Furthermore, while most readers explicitly denounced the Qur'?n as a fraud, translations of the book are sometimes inserted into the standard manuscript format of Christian Bibles and other prestigious Latin texts (small, centered blocks of text surrounded by commentary) or in manuscripts embellished with beautiful decorated initials and elegant calligraphy for the pleasure of wealthy collectors.Addressing Christian-Muslim relations generally, as well as the histories of reading and the book, Burman offers a much fuller picture of how Europeans read the sacred text of Islam than we have previously had. 410 0$aMaterial texts. 606 $aChristianity and other religions$xIslam 606 $aChurch history$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 610 $aHistory. 610 $aMedieval and Renaissance Studies. 610 $aReligion. 610 $aReligious Studies. 615 0$aChristianity and other religions$xIslam. 615 0$aChurch history 676 $a297.1/22571 700 $aBurman$b Thomas E$0303856 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781737703321 996 $aReading the Qur?a?n in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560$91559663 997 $aUNINA