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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Lawrence, Bruce B., author.     Subjects     Qurʾan -- Translations into English -- History and criticism.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Lawrence, Bruce B., author.       by title:      The Koran in English...         MARC Display

The Koran in English : a biography / Bruce B. Lawrence. by Lawrence, Bruce B., author. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, c2017. Subjects Qurʾan -- Translations into English -- History and criticism. ISBN:  9780691155586 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 0691155585 (hardcover : alkaline paper) Series:  Lives of great religious books. Description:  xxviii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Contents:  Preface -- 1. Muhammad and revelation -- 2. The orientalist Koran -- 3. The South Asian Koran -- 4. The virtual Koran and beyond -- 5. The Koran up close -- 6. The politics of Koran translation -- 7. The graphic Koran -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Koran translations in English -- Notes -- Index. Requests:  0 Summary:  For millions of Muslims, the Qur'an is sacred only in Arabic, the original Arabic in which it was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century; to many Arab and non-Arab believers alike, the book literally defies translation. Yet English translations exist and are growing, in both number and importance. Bruce Lawrence tells the remarkable story of the ongoing struggle to render the Qur'an's lyrical verses into English--and to make English itself an Islamic language. The "Koran" in English revisits the life of Muhammad and the origins of the Qur'an before recounting the first translation of the book into Latin by a non-Muslim: Robert of Ketton's twelfth-century version paved the way for later ones in German and French, but it was not until the eighteenth century that George Sale's influential English version appeared. Lawrence explains how many of these early translations, while part of a Christian agenda to "know the enemy," often revealed grudging respect for their Abrahamic rival. British expansion in the modern era produced an anomaly: fresh English translations--from the original Arabic--not by Arabs or non-Muslims but by South Asian Muslim scholars. The first book to explore the complexities of this translation saga, The "Koran" in English also looks at cyber Korans, versions by feminist translators, and now a graphic Koran, the American Qur'an created by the acclaimed visual artist Sandow Birk.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 297.1225 La item being mended Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 297.1225 Lawren Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 297.1225 La Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 297.1225 La Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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