The Koran in English: a biography

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 nu...

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Main Author: Lawrence, Bruce B. 1941- (Compiler)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Princeton Oxford Princeton University Press [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:Lives of great religious books
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Koran / Translation / English language / History
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
Further subjects:B Qurʼan Translations into English History and criticism

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505 8 0 |t 1. Muhammad and revelation 
505 8 0 |t 2. The orientalist Koran 
505 8 0 |t 3. The South Asian Koran 
505 8 0 |t 4. The virtual Koran and beyond 
505 8 0 |t 5. The Koran up close 
505 8 0 |t 6. The politics of Koran translation 
505 8 0 |t 7. The graphic Koran 
505 8 0 |t Conclusion 
505 8 0 |t Acknowledgments 
505 8 0 |t Appendix: Koran translations in English 
505 8 0 |t Notes 
505 8 0 |t Index 
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