Manolis Ulbricht
Biographic Data
| ID | 9268016 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Manolis Ulbricht |
| GIVEN NAMES | Manolis |
| FAMILY NAME | Ulbricht |
| SIGNATURE | ULBRICHT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1Freie Universität Berlin |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-9166-5330 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Byzantine Reading of the Qur’an
This paper discusses whether Sūrat al-Fātiḥa was part of the early Greek translation of the Qur’an used by Nicetas of Byzantium in the third/ninth century. The first sura is not expressly quoted in Nicetas’ polemic Refutation of the Qur’an, which preserves extensive fragments of the translation. Some passages in this anti-Islamic work, however, allude to the existence of Sūrat al-Fātiḥa even if it might not have been understood as a proper sura (…
The Classification into ‘Philological Categories’ of the Qurʾānic Fragments handed down in the Coranus Graecus. A Categorization into Verbatim Citations, Free Citations, Paraphrases, and Allusions
The article suggests a uniform system for the categorization of translated passages of the Qurʾān from Arabic into another language. The classification into four so-called ‘Philological Categories’ is based on criteria reflecting the linguistic relationship between the source and target languages in terms of their grammar, syntax, and semantics used therein. The categorization relies on a previous research approach further developing it by defini…
Der Islam-Diskurs bei Niketas von Byzanz
The article analyzes the anti-Islamic polemical discourse of Nicetas of Byzantium (9th/10th c.), one of the most important Byzantine apologists and polemicists flourishing in the intellectual-theological context of Patriarch Photios in Constantinople. This paper crystallizes the main topics of discussion in Nicetas’ Refutation of the Qur’an (Vat. gr. 681) and presents his argumentation against Islam.To structure and evaluate the wayNicetas percei…
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Der Islam-Diskurs bei Niketas von Byzanz
The article analyzes the anti-Islamic polemical discourse of Nicetas of Byzantium (9th/10th c.), one of the most important Byzantine apologists and polemicists flourishing in the intellectual-theological context of Patriarch Photios in Constantinople. This paper crystallizes the main topics of discussion in Nicetas’ Refutation of the Qur’an (Vat. gr. 681) and presents his argumentation against Islam.To structure and evaluate the wayNicetas percei…
The Classification into ‘Philological Categories’ of the Qurʾānic Fragments handed down in the Coranus Graecus. A Categorization into Verbatim Citations, Free Citations, Paraphrases, and Allusions
The article suggests a uniform system for the categorization of translated passages of the Qurʾān from Arabic into another language. The classification into four so-called ‘Philological Categories’ is based on criteria reflecting the linguistic relationship between the source and target languages in terms of their grammar, syntax, and semantics used therein. The categorization relies on a previous research approach further developing it by defini…
A Byzantine Reading of the Qur’an
This paper discusses whether Sūrat al-Fātiḥa was part of the early Greek translation of the Qur’an used by Nicetas of Byzantium in the third/ninth century. The first sura is not expressly quoted in Nicetas’ polemic Refutation of the Qur’an, which preserves extensive fragments of the translation. Some passages in this anti-Islamic work, however, allude to the existence of Sūrat al-Fātiḥa even if it might not have been understood as a proper sura (…
Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · History (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · Byzantine architecture (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)