Dante and Islam [electronic resource] /
Ziolkowski, Jan M.,1956-editor.
New York : Fordham University Press,
2014.
"Dante put Muhammad in one of the lowest circles of Hell. At the same time, the medieval Christian poet placed several Islamic philosophers much more honorably in Limbo. Furthermore, it has long been suggested that for much of the basic framework of the Divine Comedy Dante was indebted to apocryphal traditions about a "night journey" taken by Muhammad.  Dante scholars have increasingly returned to the question of Islam to explore the often surprising encounters among religious traditions that the Middle Ages afforded. This collection of essays works through what was known of the Qur'an and of Islamic philosophy and science in Dante's day and explores the bases for Dante's images of Muhammad and Ali. It further compels us to look at key instances of engagement among Muslims, Jews, and Christians"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction / Jan Ziolkowski -- Approaches to a controversy. Dante and Islam: history and analysis of a controversy (1965) / Vicente Cantarino;  Dante and Islamic culture (1999) / Maria Corti -- Dante and Knowledge of the Qur'an. Translations of the Qur'an and other Islamic texts before Dante (Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries) / Jose Martínez Gázquez; How an Italian friar read his Arabic Qur'an / Thomas Burman -- Images of Islamic philosophy and learning in Dante.  Philosophers, theologians, and the Islamic legacy in Dante: Inferno 4 versus Paradiso 4 / Brenda Deen Schildgen; Dante and the falasifa: religion as imagination / Gregory B. Stone; Falconry as a transmutative art: Dante, Frederick II, and Islam / Daniela Boccassini -- Images of Muammad in Dante. Dante's Muammad: parallels between Islam and Arianism / Maria Esposito Frank; Muhammad in hell / Karla Mallette -- Islam in Dante's Italy. Mendicants and Muslims in Dante's Florence / John Tolan; Dante and the three religions / Giorgio Battistoni; The last Muslims in Italy / David Abulafia -- Notes -- Index of references to Dante's major works -- General Index.
"Dante put Muhammad in one of the lowest circles of Hell. At the same time, the medieval Christian poet placed several Islamic philosophers much more honorably in Limbo. Furthermore, it has long been suggested that for much of the basic framework of the Divine Comedy Dante was indebted to apocryphal traditions about a "night journey" taken by Muhammad.  Dante scholars have increasingly returned to the question of Islam to explore the often surprising encounters among religious traditions that the Middle Ages afforded. This collection of essays works through what was known of the Qur'an and of Islamic philosophy and science in Dante's day and explores the bases for Dante's images of Muhammad and Ali. It further compels us to look at key instances of engagement among Muslims, Jews, and Christians"--
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Muḥammad, Prophet, -632
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
RELIGION / Islam / General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian.
Islam
Christianity and other religions
Islam and literature
Islamic philosophy
Islam in literature.