Verlag:
Fordham University Press, US
;
ProQuest, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Controversy has raged about Christian perspectives on Muslims in Dante's Divine Comedy. One extreme emphasizes "clash of civilizations," another peaceful cohabitation. Dante's fit within orientalism remains debated. Sifting the issues requires...
mehr
Controversy has raged about Christian perspectives on Muslims in Dante's Divine Comedy. One extreme emphasizes "clash of civilizations," another peaceful cohabitation. Dante's fit within orientalism remains debated. Sifting the issues requires investigating the Qur'an and Islamic learning, Dante's images of Muhammad, and engagement among Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Italy.
Controversy has raged about Christian perspectives on Muslims in Dante's Divine Comedy. One extreme emphasizes "clash of civilizations," another peaceful cohabitation. Dante's fit within orientalism remains debated. Sifting the issues requires...
mehr
Controversy has raged about Christian perspectives on Muslims in Dante's Divine Comedy. One extreme emphasizes "clash of civilizations," another peaceful cohabitation. Dante's fit within orientalism remains debated. Sifting the issues requires investigating the Qur'an and Islamic learning, Dante's images of Muhammad, and engagement among Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Italy. Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Approaches to a Controversy -- Dante and Islam: History and Analysis of a Controversy -- Dante and Islamic Culture -- Dante and Knowledge of the Qur'an -- Translations of the Qur'an and Other Islamic Texts before Dante (Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries) -- How an Italian Friar Read His Arabic Qur'an -- Images of Islamic Philosophy and Learning in Dante -- Philosophers, Theologians, and the Islamic Legacy in Dante: Inferno 4 versus Paradiso 4 -- Dante and the Falasifa: Religion as Imagination -- Falconry as a Transmutative Art: Dante, Frederick II, and Islam -- Images of Muhammad in Dante -- Dante's Muhammad: Parallels between Islam and Arianism -- Muhammad in Hell -- Islam in Dante's Italy -- Mendicants and Muslims in Dante's Florence -- Dante and the Three Religions -- The Last Muslims in Italy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index of References to Dante's Major Works -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
""Front ""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Dante and Islam: History and Analysis of a Controversy""; ""Dante and Islamic Culture""; ""Translations of the Qur�an and Other Islamic Texts before Dante (Twelfth and Th irteenth Centuries)""; ""How an Italian Friar Read His Arabic Qur�an""; ""Philosophers, Theologians, and the Islamic Legacy in Dante:""; ""Dante and the Falasifa""; ""Falconry as a Transmutative Art: Dante, Frederick II, and Islam""; ""Dante�s Mu�ammad: Parallels between Islam and Arianism""; ""Mu�ammad in Hell""; ""Mendicants and Muslims in Dante�s Florence""
""Dante and the Three Religions""""The Last Muslims in Italy""