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Ooh, interesting. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 01/06/2010 10:51:42 PM
I read the Koran recently and was surprised at how it seemed to contradict itself in the same paragraph, and how the meaning of so much of it was incomprehensible. I wondered how much it was due to the translation to English, and differences in culture, or parts of cultural habit that have long been lost.

This book looks very much like something I should read in time.


Thank you for the review. :)
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The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran by Christoph Luxenberg - 31/05/2010 07:42:58 PM 1277 Views
Nice review! *NM* - 31/05/2010 08:35:42 PM 361 Views
Thanks! I realize most people aren't going to rush out and read this, but the book was interesting. *NM* - 31/05/2010 10:01:28 PM 325 Views
Re: Thanks... - 02/06/2010 03:35:47 AM 690 Views
Sounds interesting. - 31/05/2010 09:11:31 PM 661 Views
Syriac is just a specific Aramaic dialect. You know one if you know the other, essentially. - 31/05/2010 10:01:00 PM 756 Views
Right. - 31/05/2010 10:58:16 PM 771 Views
Modern Arabic dialects should be considered separate languages. - 31/05/2010 11:53:37 PM 720 Views
Fair enough. - 02/06/2010 12:50:32 AM 754 Views
It's hardly revolutionary from a scholarly perspective. - 02/06/2010 05:06:13 AM 657 Views
Your question about forgetting (before I forget) - 01/06/2010 12:12:08 AM 642 Views
I see. Interesting. - 02/06/2010 12:52:09 AM 656 Views
Ooh, interesting. - 01/06/2010 10:51:42 PM 683 Views
I'm glad you enjoyed the review. I doubt you'll enjoy the book. - 01/06/2010 10:56:12 PM 661 Views
Damn. - 01/06/2010 11:01:30 PM 636 Views
There will probably be a more "general reader"-friendly book on it in the future. - 01/06/2010 11:27:15 PM 686 Views
Excellent. I shall (forget to) keep an eye out for it. *NM* - 01/06/2010 11:30:58 PM 306 Views
The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran for Dummies? - 02/06/2010 12:33:47 AM 667 Views
That would be a great book - 02/06/2010 12:40:38 AM 683 Views
excellent - 02/06/2010 12:44:50 AM 644 Views
Tired? - 02/06/2010 01:14:53 AM 649 Views

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