The "Late Antique Qur'an" | Angelika Neuwirth

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The "Late Antique Qur'an" : Jewish-Christian Liturgy, Hellenic Rhetoric, and Arabic Language
Angelika Neuwirth, Professor, Freie Universität Berlin; Member (2009), School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study
June 3, 2009
Is the Qur'an an exclusively Islamic text? In this talk, Angelika Neuwirth, a Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin and a Member in the School of Historical Studies (2009), contends that it is both Islamic and late antique. Before the Qur'an was recognized as Muslim scripture it was communicated to an audience whose education was based on late-antique traditions-Judeo-Christian, Hellenic, and Arabian. Read as a movement within this triangle, the Qur'an turns out to be a Near Eastern--European text.
Support for this lecture was provided by the Dr. S. T. Lee Fund for Historical Studies.

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@johnleake5657 3 жыл бұрын

It's lovely - and so sad - to see Patricia Crone introducing Angelika Neuwirth, given her sad demise from cancer. I sadly only met her once, but she is missed.

@johnleake5657 3 жыл бұрын

(The video was made two years before Patricia Crone's cancer diagnosis which was to kill her in 2015)

@johnleake5657 3 жыл бұрын

Professor Neuwirth's work is amazing - If you're a scholar, I recommend her Der Koran als Texte der Spätantike: ein europäischer Zugang / The Qur'an and Late Antiquity: A Shared Heritage

@bhinnekabhinneka6678 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnleake5657 I found this is an overwhelmingly impressive work of Prof. Neuwirth; she connects the verses of the Quran so that they can have historical interpretation. I am specifically interested in her explanation of Sura 112 which, according to her, is "a reverse echo" of the Nicean creed. Do you have any idea of who the Quranic community was?

@voiceforjusticeandproporti5543 6 жыл бұрын

Angelika, I appreciate the sincerity of your approach. As you rightly pointed out, western scholarship and eastern scholarship has been disconnected. As a muslim I appreciate your effort to bring in eastern scholarship into relevance in western studies.

@rehanamughni4984 2 жыл бұрын

I congra all those who at least initiated a critical debat on Quran hope it'll enhance the understanding about the holybook

@stickboy11 5 жыл бұрын

The recitation of Surah Ar Rahman at 37:00 is very beautiful. I believe it is the voice of Kuwaiti Qari Mishary bin Rashid Al-Afasy.

@newdawn2362 4 жыл бұрын

Her choice of the Qur'an reciter was well chosen

@Heshem_Joel 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comprehensible delivery.

@TheHaustek 3 жыл бұрын

I highly respect her view on the human's heritage aspect.

@abukareem6511 2 жыл бұрын

Rahman only belongs to Allah. Raheem can be used on a human. I could save a cat and you may call me a raheem (merciful and compassionate). But you cant call me rahman. Only Allah is the rahman. Rahman is like saying he's the source of ultra mercifulness and compassion.

@VictoriaSethunya 5 жыл бұрын

I understand the accent. What an exploration.... this presentation affirmed my suspicion that the inherently multidimensional exegesis of the Qur’an is unlikely to hold as global the interpretations of the texts I could’ve interpret in isolation from their multifaceted meaning. Thank you for the brilliant delivery!

@aaronpaterson1615 5 жыл бұрын

I meet a lot of people with strong accents in Australia, I could understand this lady 98%

@stevenv6463 Жыл бұрын

Interesting lecture

@samsmith6279 2 жыл бұрын

How do you guys not understand her? Pretty clear to me

@carlosrios3215 2 жыл бұрын

God bless her hair do

@SomfilmsFHD 11 жыл бұрын

i understood clearly

@ebarraganm 10 жыл бұрын

I agree; very clearly...!!

@aarifboy 4 жыл бұрын

This was very heavy, but it was a new way to look at things to me for sure

@yasilasheraz3216 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant..

@theperfectionist 9 жыл бұрын

Clearly understood indeed.

@TheUnique69able 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing women and is an asset to Germany and the world

@ideasandwich3975 9 жыл бұрын

I'd like a transcript of the talk, in both English and German.

@CanaaniteRanger 2 жыл бұрын

With all respect Dr. ... "Borrowed" is a bold claim .. any honest academic research would show clearly that borrowing was not possible .. as well as that the Quran has corrected information presented in the Torah and Bible ..

@bhinnekabhinneka6678 2 жыл бұрын

41:20 did allah read the Nicean creed? :D

@ayhemshaban9745 2 жыл бұрын

@@bhinnekabhinneka6678 what does quran 41:20 have to do with the nicean creed?

@deddy9675 2 жыл бұрын

@@ayhemshaban9745 well, you should ask Prof. Angelika. Haven't you watched the lecture?

@michaels4255 4 ай бұрын

I had no problem understanding Prof. Neuwirth's accent, but she does remind me of actress Madeleine Khan exclaiming in a faux German accent, "It's twoo, it's twoo!" in Mel Brooks' film "Blazing Saddles." kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aJuokrihkp_IkWQ.html&pp=gAQBiAQB

@SouthGallaecian 10 жыл бұрын

I, also, have some trouble understanding her. This is not an insult, merely a factual statement.

@NathanKwadade 4 жыл бұрын

@rui Afonso it's probably from your ears. She's perfectly clear

@carlosrios3215 2 жыл бұрын

You seem to be in the minority of “facts.”

@t.0fu. 6 жыл бұрын

wish the closed captions actually helped...

@AMA-Online 2 жыл бұрын

What kind of English do you speak if you can't understand this?! 🤔

@sallehandrews6976 2 жыл бұрын

Ebody talks abt her strong accent whch made her research difficult to understand. It is not her accent but yr lack of understanding and backgrnd of the subject. Remember tt Einstein's accent ws no better

@andanandan6061 2 жыл бұрын

This is supposed to be study about Quran but comment section study much her accent. 😁

@khairudinismail2939 Жыл бұрын

So that Karen Armstrong...

@Abeer-Essa 2 жыл бұрын

The introduction of moderator of the session is full of misinformation unfortunately.

@sejadtahan 11 жыл бұрын

I am having difficulty understanding her due to the strong accent.

@zipodipo7923 6 жыл бұрын

She's using discipline specific language. What helped me to understand her was a thing called the english oxford dictionary. Heard of it ? It's available on line. Every now and then you have to pause the video to look up the meaning of a word, which can be frustrating, but it's actually rewarding to add a few words to your repertoire and sound like you know something when you open up your gob.

@skipinkoreaable 4 жыл бұрын

Her speech has a few unique elements characteristic of a native German speaker (certain vowels have their own characteristics, she has an unusual 'v' sound etc), but she is very consistent and the rhythm and vowel reduction is very natural. I'm not qualified to comment about the actual content of the talk, but I feel she is actually a very eloquent, learned speaker and uses very well thought out, logical sentences. If you're capable of understanding this type of academic language as spoken by a native speaker, I believe you will be able to understand her if you listen for a while and get used to her way of speaking. If you're not capable of understanding this type of talk as spoken by native speakers, it could also be because she uses a very academic type of language that is different from everyday spoken language. Personally I feel that she's talking about a difficult topic in an academic way but is overall a very clear and eloquent speaker.

@NathanKwadade 4 жыл бұрын

You are having difficulty because you need to clean your ears. She's very clear in her dissemination.