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Islam Translated
Ronit Ricci
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Description for Islam Translated
Hardcover. In "Islam Translated", the author uses the "Book of One Thousand Questions" as a means to consider connections that linked Muslims across divides of distance and culture. This book examines the circulation of this Islamic text and its varied literary forms. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
The spread of Islam eastward into South and Southeast Asia was one of the most significant cultural shifts in world history. As it expanded into these regions, Islam was received by cultures vastly different from those in the Middle East, incorporating them into a diverse global community that stretched from India to the Philippines. In "Islam Translated", Ronit Ricci uses the Book of One Thousand Questions - from its Arabic original to its adaptations into the Javanese, Malay, and Tamil languages between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries - as a means to consider connections that linked Muslims across divides of ... Read more
The spread of Islam eastward into South and Southeast Asia was one of the most significant cultural shifts in world history. As it expanded into these regions, Islam was received by cultures vastly different from those in the Middle East, incorporating them into a diverse global community that stretched from India to the Philippines. In "Islam Translated", Ronit Ricci uses the Book of One Thousand Questions - from its Arabic original to its adaptations into the Javanese, Malay, and Tamil languages between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries - as a means to consider connections that linked Muslims across divides of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
South Asia Across the Disciplines
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226710884
SKU
V9780226710884
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About Ronit Ricci
Ronit Ricci is a lecturer in the School of Culture, History, and Language at the Australian National University.
Reviews for Islam Translated
"This book helps us to understand, better than any other work I know, the differing ways in which Arabic and Arabic writings moved into other literatures. A fascinating book that will appeal widely to anyone concerned with translation in its historical and cultural contexts." (Michael Gilsenan, New York University)"