Richard Bell (Arabist)

Richard Bell (* 1876; † 1952) war ein britischer Arabist an der Universität Edinburgh, der in den Jahren 1937 bis 1939 eine bis heute im wissenschaftlichen Bereich maßgebliche Koranübersetzung ins Englische geschaffen hat.

Schriften

Introduction to the Qur’ān. Edinburgh 1953.
The Qur'an. Translated, with a critical re-arragenment of the Surahs. 2 Bände. Edinburgh 1937–1939.
The Origin of Islam in its Christian Environment. The Gunning Lectures. Edinburgh University, Edinburgh 1925.

Literatur

W. Montgomery Watt: Bell's Introduction to the Qurʾān. Completely revised and enlarged. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1970 (= Islamic survey. Band 8), ISBN 0-85224-171-2.

Weblinks

The Qur'an Translated, with a critical re-arragenment of the Surahs 2 Bde., Edinburgh 1937–39
Reading the Quran with Richard Bell
Essays by Richard Bell

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