Loop (Jan) & Afif (Naima) & Wien (Weltmuseum) Eds., The European Qurʾān : Encounters with the Holy Text of Islam from the Ninth to the Twentieth Century, Berlin, De Gruyter, 2024, 128 p. isbn 9783689241827
Presentation
What role does the Holy Scripture of Islam, the Qurʾān, play in the history of European thought ? How has it been read and understood in Europe since the first translations in the Middle Ages ? The Qurʾān and Islam are traditionally seen as an antithesis to Europe’s self-narrative of cultural achievements : the Enlightenment, secularization, and religious tolerance. Some claim that Islam in general and the Qurʾān in particular are alien to Europe’s culture and political institutions. This publication endeavours to counter this popular belief and to tell a different story by documenting the role the Qurʾān has played in the formation of culture, religion, scholarship, and politics in Europe.
Table des matières
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Jonathan Fine
The Qurʾān in European History and Culture : an Introduction
Jan Loop and Naima Afif
The Latin Tradition of the Qurʾān
John Tolan
Muslim Minorities in Iberia and Central Europe
Mercedes García-Arenal and Katarzyna K. Starczewska
The Qurʾān as Turkish Booty (Türkenbeute)
Paul Babinski
The Qurʾān and Christian Polemics in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century
Asaph Ben-Tov
Printing the Qurʾān
Roberto Tottoli
The Qurʾān and European Literature : a Romantic Discovery
Emmanuelle Stefanidis
Colonialism and the Qurʾān
Omar Nasr