Dialogue of Scriptures: The Tatar Tefsir in the Context of Biblical and Qur'anic Interpretations

ISBN-13: 9783631675946 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 410 str.

Joanna Kulwicka-Kaminska

Opis

This book deals with intercultural dialogue, which is represented by the first translation of the Qur'an into a Slavic language that was prepared in the period of the Reformation. The translation used the Arabic alphabet and assumed the name and the form of a tefsir, combining the Arab-Muslim culture with Christianity in a remarkable way.

Spis treści

The religious translation literature of the Tatars of the Great Duchy of Lithuania - Aljamiado writings - Translation of the Qur'an into a European language - The Reformation - Islam - Christianity - The translation of Islamic religious terminology into the Polish language in printed translations of the Qur'an

O autorze

Joanna Kulwicka-Kaminska is the director of the Department of the History of the Polish Language, the Centre of Kitabistics Research and of the Post-Graduate College of Speech Therapy of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. She conducts research in linguistics and translation studies and is a member of the Polish Linguistic Society, the Association of the Enthusiasts of the Polish Language, the Scholarly Society in Torun, and the Renaissance Society of America.