Glei, Reinhold F., 1959‒ as author | Library of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies

Works by Glei, Reinhold F., 1959‒ as author | 2

1	Ludovico Marracci at work Work 2016 Single work ➥ Monograph : Translations \| 1

Sleeping in the cave: Zechendorff's 1632 Latin translation of the Qur'an

Johann Zechendorff's (1580–1662) manuscript includes an interlinear Latin translation and a complete edition of the Arabic Qur'an. This article presents a thorough linguistic examination of a longer passage of the Latin translation of Sūrat al-Kahf (Q. 18), on the aṣḥāb al-kahf (‘the Companions of the Cave’). The aim is to give an impression of the difficulties which this European pioneer of Qur'a... more