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The Event of the Qur’an: Islam in its Scripture
Published as Das Ereignis des Koran. Der Islam in seiner Schrift (Regensburg: Verlag Friedrich Pustet, 2026), this volume is the first German translation of the classic work by the Anglican Islamicist Kenneth Cragg, The Event of the Qur’an. Islam in its Scripture (1971).
Cragg reads the Qur’an with close attention to its historical setting (religious, political, cultural and geographical) and to its poetic language, inviting the reader to understand the Muslim scripture as the living testimony of a religious and transformative experience.
The book appears in the CIBEDO-Schriftenreihe (volume 8), the series of CIBEDO (the German Christian-Muslim centre for encounter and documentation, Frankfurt), edited by Christian Troll, Tobias Specker and Timo Güzelmansur. The German translation and foreword are by Christian Troll, Robin Flack and David Marshall, with a contribution by Andreas Renz.
Paru sous le titre Das Ereignis des Koran. Der Islam in seiner Schrift (Ratisbonne : Verlag Friedrich Pustet, 2026), ce volume est la première traduction allemande de l’ouvrage classique de l’islamologue anglican Kenneth Cragg, The Event of the Qur’an. Islam in its Scripture (1971).
Cragg y propose une lecture du Coran attentive à son contexte historique (religieux, politique, culturel et géographique) et à sa langue poétique, et invite à comprendre l’Écriture musulmane comme le témoignage vivant d’une expérience religieuse et transformatrice.
L’ouvrage paraît dans la CIBEDO-Schriftenreihe (tome 8), collection du CIBEDO (Centre chrétien-musulman de rencontre et de documentation, Francfort) dirigée par Christian Troll, Tobias Specker et Timo Güzelmansur. La traduction allemande et la préface sont dues à Christian Troll, Robin Flack et David Marshall, avec une contribution d’Andreas Renz.
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Das Ereignis des Koran. Der Islam in seiner Schrift (Regensburg: Verlag Friedrich Pustet, 2026)
وهو الترجمة الألمانية الأولى للعمل الكلاسيكي للمستشرق الأنغليكاني كينيث كراغ:
The Event of the Qur’an. Islam in its Scripture (1971)
يقدّم كراغ قراءةً للقرآن تُعنى بسياقه التاريخي (الديني والسياسي والثقافي والجغرافي) وبلغته الشعرية، ويدعو إلى فهم الكتاب المقدّس للمسلمين بوصفه شهادةً حيّةً على تجربة دينية وتحويلية.
يصدر الكتاب ضمن سلسلة « CIBEDO-Schriftenreihe » (المجلد 8)، وهي سلسلة مركز CIBEDO الكاثوليكي الألماني للقاء والتوثيق المسيحي-الإسلامي (فرانكفورت)، التي يشرف عليها كريستيان ترول، وتوبياس شبيكر، وتيمو غوزيلمانسور. وقد أنجز الترجمة الألمانية والمقدّمة كريستيان ترول وروبن فلاك وديفيد مارشال، بمساهمة من أندرياس رينتس.
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