The Qur'an - A J Droge

Among the many challenges of translating the Qur''an are its unpredictable complexity, evocative associativity, and polysemy. For these reasons, as well as more demanding theological ones, most translations cut, compress, paraphrase, and invent freely. In this meticulously crafted translation of the Qur''an, A. J. Droge takes a different approach by revealing the Qur''an''s distinctive idiom in a rendition that strives to remain as close as possible to the way it was expressed in Arabic. His goal... Zobrazit více