Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Feingold, Mordechai

Titel

"The Turkish Alcoran": New Light on the 1649 English Translation of the Koran

Ist Teil von

• The Huntington Library quarterly, 2012-12, Vol.75 (4), p.475-501

Ort / Verlag

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The first translation of the Koran into English appeared in 1649, the first year of the Commonwealth. The political and religious significance of the publication was then and remains contested. In this essay, Mordechai Feingold traces the history of the translations appearance, describing the personages and motivations involved with the publication and its reception. Arguing that Thomas Ross is the likeliest editor, he challenges an alternative identification of those responsible for the translation and paratexts. Feingold surveys the critical reception of the edition, which appears to have been partisan rather than principled, and concludes with a description of rival editions proposed by contemporary Arabists.