Retranslating the Bible and the Qur'an

Pieter Boulogne holds a PhD in Slavonic Studies from KU Leuven and is Assistant Professor of Russian Studies and Translation Studies at KU Leuven. He is a former director and current board member of the Centre for Translation Studies (CETRA) at KU Leuven. Pieter Boulogne holds a PhD in Slavonic Studies from KU Leuven and is Assistant Professor of Russian Studies and Translation Studies at KU Leuven. He is a former director and current board member of the Centre for Translation Studies (CETRA) at KU Leuven. Marijke H. de Lang holds a PhD in Theology from Leiden University. She works as a translation consultant on projects of the United Bible Societies and is executive editor of the journal 'The Bible Translator'. Marijke H. de Lang holds a PhD in Theology from Leiden University. She works as a translation consultant on projects of the United Bible Societies and is executive editor of the journal 'The Bible Translator'. Joseph Verheyden is Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies at KU Leuven, director of the Leuven Centre for the Study of the Gospels (LCSG), the Louvain Centre for Eastern and Oriental Christianity (LOCEOC), Polemikos – The Centre for Religious Polemics, and a former member of the steering committee of CETRA. Joseph Verheyden is Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies at KU Leuven, director of the Leuven Centre for the Study of the Gospels (LCSG), the Louvain Centre for Eastern and Oriental Christianity (LOCEOC), Polemikos – The Centre for Religious Polemics, and a former member of the steering committee of CETRA.

50-odd years after Eugene Nida, this volume forms a welcome update on the conceptual and practical complexities that arise when sacred texts are interpreted for diverse audiences, in various translations. The volume auspiciously extends its views to Qur’an translations, including in the West, and Bible translations in the Muslim world, combining historical approaches with contemporary issues, while interrogating the traditional dichotomies of translation and untranslatability, verbum e verbo and sensum de sensu, formal equivalence and dynamic equivalence, authority and modernity. Whereas its focus on retranslation brings new approaches to the study of canonicity in Christian, Hebrew and Islamic traditions, sacred texts have remained largely unexplored in retranslation studies. A must-read for anyone interested in the translation and interpretation of religious texts and / or the relationship between retranslation and canonicity. - Kris Peeters, University of Antwerp

• Contributors Note on transliteration IntroductionPieter Boulogne, Marijke H. de Lang and Joseph VerheydenPart 1 Historical approaches to retranslating the BibleRevision and retranslation in the Early Reformation Marijke H. de LangThe authority of the old for producing the new: the thorny path towards a new authoritative Russian Bible translation Alexey B. SomovRetranslation and negotiating authority in Bible translation: a sociological perspective of the Protestant Arabic translation of the Bible (1865) Sameh HannaPart 2 Historical approaches to retranslating the Qur’anThe hybridity of a Hebrew retranslation of the Qur’an from Dutch by a Jewish convert Naima AfifIn the Shadow of Orientalism: Tracing the Legacy of Ignatiĭ Krachkovskiĭ in Russian Salafi Qur’an Translations Elvira KulievaTraversing and transcending the empire on which the sun never sets: the colonial and postcolonial afterlives of Muhammad Ali’s Qur’an translation Johanna PinkPart 3 Current debates about retranslating the BiblePrinted Modern Hebrew Bibles for the Jewish Publics: Shades of Translation Hilla KarasBetween expectations and effect: public reactions to a retranslation of the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9–13) in Swedish Richard PleijelRetranslation of the Bible in Muslim idiom Andy Warren-RothlinPart 4 Current debates about retranslating the Qur’anRetranslations of the Qur’an by women: motives, strategies and distinctive features Rim HassenThe Untranslated Qur’an: Retelling the Surah of Joseph Sohaib SaeedRetranslating the Qur’an in Saudi Arabia Yazid HarounNegotiating a Slovene Qur’an: Retranslating for a dual readership Marija Zlatnar Moe and Christian MoeAllah’s and Muhammad’s co-author: Kader Abdolah and his ‘novelizing’ translation of the Qur’an Helge Daniels