The Inimitable Qurʾān

Some Problems in English Translations of the Qurʾān with Reference to Rhetorical Features
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-41252-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Texts and Studies on the Qur'an

In The Inimitable Qur'an: Some Problems in English Translations of the Qur'an with Reference to Rhetorical Features, Khalid Yahya Blankinship examines certain Arabic rhetorical features of the Qur'an as represented in seven English translations. The author addresses the intersection of two important topics in Qur'anic studies: the critique of the available English translations and the role of rhetoric in the interpretation of the Qur'an. He identifies a number of figures characteristic of Qur'anic style which represent some of the chief stumbling blocks for readers who are used to English in attempting to understand, interpret, and appreciate the text. The book should be useful to all those interested in rhetorical and translation studies and theory as well as Islamic studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blankinship, Khalid Yahya

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Übersetzungswissenschaft, Translatologie, Dolmetschen
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Koran, Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

IPreface

Note on Transliteration

Introduction

1 Word Order

2 Iltifat

3 Indicative in Place of Imperative or Jussive

4 Indefinite Nouns

5 Non-Consequential Exception

6 Pleonasm and Redundancy

7 Repetition for Emphasis

8 Parallelism

9 Juxtaposition of Contrasting Conditional Sentences

10 Coordination

11 Lack of Conjunctive (Asyndeton)

12 Parenthesis (i?tira?)

13 Succinctness, or ijaz al-qi?ar

14 Ellipsis, or ijaz al-?adhf

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Khalid Yahya Blankinship, Ph.D. (1988), University of Washington, is Associate Professor of Religion at Temple University. He has published numerous articles, translations, and the book The End of the Jihad State: The Reign of Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads (SUNY, 1994).