The Inimitable Qur’an and the Languages of Empire: Muslim Qur’an Translation in the Languages of Western Europe in the Early Twentieth Century

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments V
3. Contents VII
4. The European Qur’an: Towards an Inclusive Definition 1
5. Part 1: At the Interreligious Nexus
6. Muslims in Christian Iberia and Translations of the Qur’an in Europe: From Subordinate Informants to Participants in the Republic of Letters 23
7. Links Between Morisco and Early Modern European Interpretations: The Case of “Ālif LāmMīm” (Q 2:1) 55
8. An Interplay Between Muslim and Christian Cultures: Polish Qur’an Translations Between the Sixteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 77
9. Part 2: Regional Diversity
10. The Qurʼan in the Manuscript Tradition of Bosnia and Herzegovina 101
11. The Qur’ans of Dagestan: Practices of Copying, Using, and Translating 117
12. Commenting, Publishing, and Translating: Evolution of Qur’anic Traditions in Crimea from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century 143
13. On Qur’anic Culture in Inner Russia between the Seventeenth and Twentieth Centuries 165
14. Part 3: The Qur’anic Text and Language Ideologies
15. On Translating the Qur’an into Turkic Vernaculars: Texts, Ties, and Traditions 189
16. The Inimitable Qur’an and the Languages of Empire: Muslim Qur’an Translation in the Languages of Western Europe in the Early Twentieth Century 219
17. List of Figures and Tables 257
18. Notes on Contributors 259
19. Index 261