FYI --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Dr. Christoph Heger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greetings to all,
At the 213th meeting of the American Oriental Society in Nashville from April 4th to 7th, 2003, Dr Gabriel Said Reynolds, Yale University, gave a speech dealing with Christoph Luxenberg's research. See below the abstract, which I took from this site: http://www.umich.edu/~aos/2003/aosabstracts2003.pdf Kind regards, Christoph Heger __________________________________________________________ ___________ >From A. Mingana to C. Luxenberg: Syriac Readings of the Qur'�n In 1927 A. Mingana published a work entitled "Syriac Influence on the Style of the Kur'�n," (Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, 1927, 77-98). Therein he catalogues much of the Syriac vocabulary in the Qur'�n while arguing that the widespread presence thereof suggested that Syriac Christianity had an important role in Islamic origins. This brief work, along with the more substantial work of A. Jeffery (The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur'�n, 1938), laid the foundation for further researches into the connection between the foreign vocabulary of the Qur'�n and the historical circumstances of its composition. Yet nothing significant was built upon this foundation thereafter. Nothing, that is, before the appearance of Christoph Luxenberg's Die Syro-Aram�ische Lesart des Koran (2000), a work that contributes significant new arguments for a Syriac reading of the Qur'�n. My paper, then, will be an analysis of Luxenberg's new variation on an old theme, and a discussion of possible implications of his theory. More specifically, I will introduce Mingana's work as a prelude to that of Luxenberg, considering the merits of the latter's arguments. I will also analyze a number of Luxenberg's Syriac readings of the Qur'�n including Q 19:24, 37:11, 37:103-104 and 44:54 (and 52:20). Thereafter I will discuss questions that Luxenberg's technique raises for the future of Qur'�nic studies: What were the circumstances by which Syriac affected Qur'�nic language? If his conclusions are valid, how would this affect the tradition of Muslim Qur'�n exegesis? Is a critical edition of the Qur'�n now called for? What are the consequences of this reading for future exegeses of the Qur'�n. These are questions that touch not only the Luxenberg project, but also the very heart of Qur'�nic studies. They are philological, historical and religious and will hopefully led to discussion by scholars from all of these backgrounds. --- End forwarded message --- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/S.QlOD/3MnJAA/Zx0JAA/uTGrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
