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Reading the Qur´an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560
Thomas E. Burman
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Description for Reading the Qur´an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560
Paperback. Addressing Christian-Muslim relations generally, as well as the histories of reading and the book, Burman offers a balanced and hands-on picture of the ways Europeans read the sacred text of Islam. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: HRAX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title
Most 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'ān have in consequence typically been depicted as tedious and one-dimensional exercises in anti-Islamic hostility.
In Reading the Qur'ān in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560, Thomas E. Burman looks instead to a different set of sources: the Latin translations of the Qur'ān made by European scholars and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
Material Texts
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812220629
SKU
V9780812220629
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About Thomas E. Burman
Thomas E. Burman is Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Reviews for Reading the Qur´an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560
"This book is a tour de force of interdisciplinary scholarship that deserves a wide readership among medievalists and Islamicists alike."
American Historical Review
"Singularly original both in the kinds of sources it uses and in its analyses and conclusions. . . . A major contribution that will change the way medieval and Renaissance history of Muslim-Christian relations is ... Read more
American Historical Review
"Singularly original both in the kinds of sources it uses and in its analyses and conclusions. . . . A major contribution that will change the way medieval and Renaissance history of Muslim-Christian relations is ... Read more