How Long to Read Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560

How Long Does it Take to Read Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 38 minutes to read Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560 by Thomas Burman

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Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Most of what we know about attitudes toward Islam in the medieval and early modern West has been based on polemical treatises against Islam written by Christian scholars preoccupied with defending their own faith and attacking the doctrines of others. Christian readings of the Qur'an have in consequence typically been depicted as tedious and one-dimensional exercises in anti-Islamic hostility. In Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560, Thomas E. Burman looks instead to a different set of sources: the Latin translations of the Qur'an made by European scholars and the manuscripts and early printed books in which these translations circulated. Using these largely unexplored materials, Burman argues that the reading of the Qur'an in Western Europe was much more complex. While their reading efforts were certainly often focused on attacking Islam, scholars of the period turned out to be equally interested in a whole range of grammatical, lexical, and interpretive problems presented by the text. Indeed, these two approaches were interconnected: attacking the Qur'an often required sophisticated explorations of difficult Arabic grammatical problems. Furthermore, while most readers explicitly denounced the Qur'an as a fraud, translations of the book are sometimes inserted into the standard manuscript format of Christian Bibles and other prestigious Latin texts (small, centered blocks of text surrounded by commentary) or in manuscripts embellished with beautiful decorated initials and elegant calligraphy for the pleasure of wealthy collectors. Addressing Christian-Muslim relations generally, as well as the histories of reading and the book, Burman offers a much fuller picture of how Europeans read the sacred text of Islam than we have previously had.

How long is Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560?

Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560 by Thomas Burman is 328 pages long, and a total of 84,624 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 103% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 42 minutes to read Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560 aloud.

What Reading Level is Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560?

Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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