Qur'an Translation in Indonesia

This book provides a comprehensive survey of Qur'an translation in Indonesia - the most populous Muslim-majority country in the world with a highly diverse, multilingual society.

Autorentext

Johanna Pink is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Her main fields of interest are the modern transregional history of tafsir and Qur'an translations. She is the Principal Investigator of "GloQur - The Global Qur'an" and general editor of the Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an Online.

Klappentext

This book provides a comprehensive survey of Qur'an translation in Indonesia - the most populous Muslim-majority country in the world with a highly diverse, multilingual society.

Zusammenfassung
This book provides a comprehensive survey of Qur'an translation in Indonesia the most populous Muslim-majority country in the world with a highly diverse, multilingual society.

Inhalt

Introduction Prologue: A Historical Perspective on Indonesian Qur an Translation 1. Qur anic Arabic, Tafs r al-Jal layn and Javanese: Javanese Translation in an Eighteenth-Century Banten Qur an Part I: The Politics of Qur an Translation 2. Ahmadiyya Translations of the Qur an in Indonesia: Reception and Controversy 3. The Representation of God in Acehnese Qur an Translation: Wahhabi-Salafi Translations of Anthropomorphic Verses and the Verdict on Heresy 4. Vernacularism and the Embers of Conservatism: The Production and Politicization of Qur an Translations Part II: A Multilingual State: Beyond the Indonesian Language 5. Fathers and Sons, Angels and Women: Translation, Exegesis and Social Hierarchy in Javanese tafs r 6. Translating the Qur an into Sundanese: A Translator's Personal Experiences 7. Contested Authority in Madurese Qur an Translation: A Comparative Study of Three Versions