The Qur’an in Rome: Manuscripts, Translations, and the Study of Islam in Early Modern Catholicism

Published by De Gruyter 2024

The Qur’an in Rome

Manuscripts, Translations, and the Study of Islam in Early Modern Catholicism

Edited by: Federico Stella and Roberto Tottoli

Volume 4 in the series The European Qur'an

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111096926

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Despite its relevance to the subsequent development of Western Islamic studies, the intellectual contribution of early modern Catholicism is still an under-researched area. The aim of this volume is to fill this gap, offering a series of essays dealing with the study of the Qur’an and Arabic language in early modern Catholic Europe. Focusing on the circulation of manuscripts, translations and printed books, the essays highlight how Catholic Orientalism contributed to the birth and spread of Western Islamic studies, although sometimes it was still directed towards religious polemics. Among the protagonists of this period of Islamic studies, the volume will focus on Catholic priests, missionaries, religious orders (Jesuits, Franciscans, Carmelites) Eastern Christians, converts, and other prominent figures in the Catholic culture of the time. Special attention will be given to the work of Ludovico Marracci, author of a fundamental edition of the Arabic text and Latin translation of the Qur’an with an introduction, notes, refutations and religious and linguistic insights.

The volume is of interest to an audience of specialists and non-specialists interested both in Islamic and Qur'anic studies and in the history of modern Catholicism, missions, and Orientalism

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Federico Stella and Roberto Tottoli, Università di Napoli L'Orientale, Naples, Italy.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction Federico Stella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Italian Humanists
Traces of the Qur’an in the Books of Cardinal Domenico Capranica. An Investigation of BAV MS Vat. Lat. 7317 Davide Scotto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
The Qur’an of Guglielmo Raimondo Moncada: The Arabic Versions of Suras 21 and 22 in BAV MS Urb. Lat. 1384 Roberto Tottoli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Printing the Qur’an in Rome: From the Typographia Medicea to Marracci’s Paduan Edition Sara Fani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
2 Europe, Rome, and the Orient
A Qur’anic Compendium in Spanish for Use by the Inquisition (BNE MS 2076) Juan Pablo Arias-Torres Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
George Strachan of the Mearns Tom McInally Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Rome as a Hub of Arabic Studies in the 17th Century: A View from Vienna Chiara Petrolini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Across Confessional Boundaries. Bibliander’s Alcoran-Edition in Catholic Europe Jan Loop and Federico Stella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Marsili, the Inquisition and Oriental Studies in Bologna Michele Petrone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
3 Discalced Carmelites and Franciscans
From Rome to the East: An Analysis of the Main “Roman” Anti-Islamic Sources of the De procuranda salute omnium gentium (1613) Javier de Prado Garcia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Dominicus Germanus de Silesia in Rome: The Roman Prodromes of a Future Qur’an Translator Ulisse Cecini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
4 The Society of Jesus and Islam
A Solitary Jesuit Scholar and the Qur’an: The Translation and Commentary of Ignazio Lomellini Paul Shore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
The Islamicate Occult Library of Athanasius Kircher Giovanni Maria Martini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
The Qur’an and the Arabic Language in the Writings of Baldassarre Loyola Mandes S.J. (1631–1667). Between Islamic Reminiscence and Catholic Controversy Federico Stella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
Praxis conuertendi Mahumetanos. Tirso González de Santalla’s Manuductio David Vázquez Ruiz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
5 Ludovico Marracci
A Harmony of Intent: Bishop Gregorio Barbarigo (1625–1697) and Ludovico Marracci (1612–1700) Anna Canton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
The Role of Greek and Latin Auctores in Ludovico Marracci’s Alcorani Textus Universus Loriana Salierno Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	413
From dīn, milla, umma to religio, secta, superstitio: Marracci’s Latin-Arabic for “Religion” – A Lexical Analysis within the Historical Framework of the European History of the Modern Concept of Religion Andrea Pintimalli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	433
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	447
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	451

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of Islamic Studies, Qur'anic Studies, Religious Studies, History, Linguistics
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 459
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 7
- Coloured Illustrations: 25
- Tables: 8
Keywords: Qur'an; Arabic language; Orientalism; Early Modern Catholicism

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Published: March 4, 2024
ISBN: 9783111096926

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Published: March 4, 2024
ISBN: 9783111083568