Renovatio: The Podcast

Zaytuna College

A multimedia, multi-faith publication about the ideas that shape the modern world from the first Muslim liberal arts college in the United States, Zaytuna College.

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Renovatio: The Podcast

Episodes (56)

Jan 9th Can English Capture the Language of Revelation?
Dec 3, 2025 Music and the Decline of Civilization by Esme Partridge (Audio Essay)
Nov 22, 2025 Cultural Devolution by Hamza Yusuf (Audio Essay)

Renovatio: The Podcast

Jan 9, 2026
21 minutes
48 MB

Can English Capture the Language of Revelation? Robert Alter's Torah and Lessons for the Translation of the Qur'an by Caner K. Dagli Can English truly capture the language of divine revelation? Robert Alter's literary approach to translating the Hebrew Bible offers profound lessons for how Muslims might translate the Qur'an—and why most English Qur'an translations fall short. KEY INSIGHTS: • Why Alter's one-man Torah translation caused a literary sensation • How respecting register, rhythm, and rhetoric preserves sacred text's power • The problem with committee translations that flatten sacred language • Three historical Engl...

Renovatio: The Podcast

Can English Capture the Language of Revelation?

Zaytuna College

00:00 -20:50