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Ottoman Muslim Responses to the Bible through the Centuries
A hybrid seminar. Just turn up in-person. Registration required only ONCE to attend any seminar in the series online.
The Ottoman Empire began to emerge around 1300 and was dismantled following the First World War. This paper traces the emergence of the Bible in Ottoman Turkish, primarily in the 17th century. It then explores responses to the Bible, mainly in the Ottoman heartland of modern Türkiye, through the lens of particular writers down the centuries. The view of the Bible is usually critical, and responses are typically prompted by social and political factors. Although Jews and Christians living within the Ottoman Empire used the Bible, Muslim response was normally to perceived external influences. These included European powers and Christian missions, and works critiquing the Bible were sometimes commissioned directly by the Ottoman authorities.
Date:
21 January 2025, 14:30
Venue:
Hybrid Zoom seminar in The Song School, 109A Iffley Rd, OX4 1EH. Upstairs room with no lift
Speaker:
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Organiser:
The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies
Organiser contact email address:
office@cmcsoxford.org.uk
Host:
Martin Whittingham (Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies & Regent’s Park)
Part of:
Christian-Muslim Relations in Türkiye and the Ottoman Empire
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cmcs-oxford-research-seminars-spring-2025-tickets-1139836233859
Booking email:
office@cmcsoxford.org.uk
Cost:
Free but donation appreciated
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Richard McCallum
