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The Koran in English: A Biography
Bruce Lawrence
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Description for The Koran in English: A Biography
Hardback. Series: Lives of Great Religious Books. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: HRHS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 114. Weight in Grams: 14.
The untold story of how the Arabic Qur'an became the English Koran 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 ... Read more
The untold story of how the Arabic Qur'an became the English Koran 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Lives of Great Religious Books
Condition
New
Weight
13g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691155586
SKU
V9780691155586
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About Bruce Lawrence
Bruce B. Lawrence is the Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor Emeritus of Religion at Duke University. His many books include Who Is Allah?; New Faiths, Old Fears: Muslims and Other Asian Immigrants in American Religious Life; and Shattering the Myth: Islam beyond Violence (Princeton). He lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Reviews for The Koran in English: A Biography
Comprehensive... Lawrence has done pathbreaking work for English-speaking students of the Qur'an.
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