This paper focuses on an indirect use of the Qur’an in an inedited text, the "Débat du chrétien et du sarrasin". The "Débat" is a religious treatise written by the bishop Jean Germain (1396 ?-1461) for his patron Philip the Good of Burgundy. Although Germain claims that he relies on some “extraitz de l’Archorant”, he draws all his Qur’anic material from two intermediate texts: the Titulus V of Petrus Alfonsi’s "Dialogi contra Iudaeos" and Peter of Toledo’s "Epistula Sarraceni et Rescriptum Christiani", the Latin translation of the Arabic "Risālat al-Kindī". Through the analysis of Germain’s translation choices, this paper shows the attitude the author has towards his sources and brings out a still stereotyped image of Islam and its Prophet.

An Indirect Usage of the Qur’an in the XVth century. Jean Germain’s "Débat du chrétien et du sarrasin"

Irene Reginato
2021-01-01

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This paper focuses on an indirect use of the Qur’an in an inedited text, the "Débat du chrétien et du sarrasin". The "Débat" is a religious treatise written by the bishop Jean Germain (1396 ?-1461) for his patron Philip the Good of Burgundy. Although Germain claims that he relies on some “extraitz de l’Archorant”, he draws all his Qur’anic material from two intermediate texts: the Titulus V of Petrus Alfonsi’s "Dialogi contra Iudaeos" and Peter of Toledo’s "Epistula Sarraceni et Rescriptum Christiani", the Latin translation of the Arabic "Risālat al-Kindī". Through the analysis of Germain’s translation choices, this paper shows the attitude the author has towards his sources and brings out a still stereotyped image of Islam and its Prophet.
2021
The Latin Qur’an, 1143–1500: Translation, Transition, Interpretation.
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