An Early Jesuit Encounter with the Qur’an

The manuscipt Animadversiones, Notae ac Disputationes in Pestilentem Alcoranum is an almost entirely unknown translation of the Qur'an into baroque Latin completed by the Jesuit priest Ignazio Lomellini in 1622, of which only one copy exists. It is accompanied by extensive commentaries and inc...

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Autor principal:	Paul Shore
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Publicado:	International Institute of Islamic Thought 2017
Materias:	Islam BP1-253
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5453a18c19724c04b773f113758114c82021-12-02T19:22:39ZAn Early Jesuit Encounter with the Qur’an10.35632/ajis.v34i1.2722690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/5453a18c19724c04b773f113758114c82017-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/272https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 The manuscipt Animadversiones, Notae ac Disputationes in Pestilentem Alcoranum is an almost entirely unknown translation of the Qur'an into baroque Latin completed by the Jesuit priest Ignazio Lomellini in 1622, of which only one copy exists. It is accompanied by extensive commentaries and includes a complete text of the Qur’an in Arabic and numerous marginalia. It is, therefore, one of the earliest complete translations of the Qur’an into a western European language and a crucial document of the encounter between western Christianity and Islam in the early modern period. This essay examines Lomellini’s understanding of Arabic and, specifically, of the cultural and religious underpinnings of Qur’anic Arabic. Special attention is given to his lexical choices. This essay also deals with the document’s intended audience, the resources upon which he drew (including the library of his patron, Cardinal Alessandro Orsini), and the manuscript’s relationship to the Jesuits’ broader literary and missionary efforts. Finally, it asks why scholars, particularly those who study the history of the Jesuits, have ignored this manuscript and its author. Paul ShoreInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 34, Iss 1 (2017)
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An Early Jesuit Encounter with the Qur’an

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