I would probably read it if I had a tenth of your linguistic skills but since I don't I'll have to pass on this one. 
I do appreciate your thoughts on the future of literary criticism in Islam. I happen to agree. I don't believe the religion as a whole will ever evolve (and ultimately survive the coming centuries) if Muslims don't start criticizing their sacred cows and rethink the Qur'an and the old interpretations that they hold so sacred.
I do appreciate your thoughts on the future of literary criticism in Islam. I happen to agree. I don't believe the religion as a whole will ever evolve (and ultimately survive the coming centuries) if Muslims don't start criticizing their sacred cows and rethink the Qur'an and the old interpretations that they hold so sacred.
But wine was the great assassin of both tradition and propriety...
-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran by Christoph Luxenberg
- 31/05/2010 07:42:58 PM
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Nice review! *NM*
- 31/05/2010 08:35:42 PM
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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
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Re: Thanks...
- 02/06/2010 03:35:47 AM
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Sounds interesting.
- 31/05/2010 09:11:31 PM
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Syriac is just a specific Aramaic dialect. You know one if you know the other, essentially.
- 31/05/2010 10:01:00 PM
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Right.
- 31/05/2010 10:58:16 PM
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- 31/05/2010 10:58:16 PM
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Modern Arabic dialects should be considered separate languages.
- 31/05/2010 11:53:37 PM
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Your question about forgetting (before I forget)
- 01/06/2010 12:12:08 AM
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I see. Interesting.
- 02/06/2010 12:52:09 AM
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"nasiy" is just one of the possible definitions that Manna gave, not the "proper reading".
- 02/06/2010 05:07:41 AM
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Ooh, interesting.
- 01/06/2010 10:51:42 PM
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I'm glad you enjoyed the review. I doubt you'll enjoy the book.
- 01/06/2010 10:56:12 PM
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Damn.
- 01/06/2010 11:01:30 PM
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There will probably be a more "general reader"-friendly book on it in the future.
- 01/06/2010 11:27:15 PM
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The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran for Dummies?
- 02/06/2010 12:33:47 AM
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That would be a great book
- 02/06/2010 12:40:38 AM
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excellent
- 02/06/2010 12:44:50 AM
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Tired?
- 02/06/2010 01:14:53 AM
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I'm sure he was referring to Sumerian theory in Akkadian grammar.
- 02/06/2010 01:50:30 AM
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Re: I'm sure he was referring to Sumerian theory in Akkadian grammar.
- 02/06/2010 03:32:13 AM
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I think there's even a "Children of Tiamat and the Parents Who Flay Them" section.
- 02/06/2010 05:11:02 AM
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