Translating the Qurʼan in an age of nationalism : print culture and modern Islam in Turkey / by M. Brett Wilson.

Author
Wilson, M. Brett [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Oxford University Press, in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2014.
Description
292 pages, 4 leaves of plates : color illustrations, plates ; 22 cm.

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Subject(s)
Issuing body
Series
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and index.
Contents
  • "The mother of civilisation" : the printing press and illegal copies of the Quran
  • Ottoman editions of the Qurʼan (1870-1890)
  • Vernacular commentaries and the new intellectuals
  • Politicisations : Neo-Arabism, missionaries and the Young Turks (1908-1919)
  • Translation and the nation
  • Caliph and the Qurʼan : English translations, Egypt and the search for a centre
  • The elusive Turkish Qurʼan
  • An ubiquitous book.
ISBN
  • 0198719434
  • 9780198719434
OCLC
871210794
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