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"Harut et Marut, ou la présence de deux anges musulmans dans nombre de productions écrites occidentales" in
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A partir de la fin du XIIe siècle, le récit de Harut et Marut, anges musulmans coupables de fornication, apparaît dans certaines productions écrites occidentales. Cet article montre comment les premiers traducteurs du Coran, des théologiens, un pape, un empereur byzantin, des cosmographes, des historiens, des orientalistes, des encyclopédistes, des botanistes et finalement des écrivains français et anglais se sont servis de cet épisode, et l'ont fait véhiculer jusqu'au milieu du XIXe siècle.
The story of Harut and Marut, two Muslim angels guilty of fornication, appears in the Western written production at the end of the 12th century. This article shows how the episode was exploited by the first translators of the Coran, by theologians, by a pope, by a Byzantine emperor, by cosmographers, by historians, orientalists, encyclopedists, botanists and finally by some French and English writers, and how it was thus conveyed until the middle of the 19th century.
The story of Harut and Marut, two Muslim angels guilty of fornication, appears in the Western written production at the end of the 12th century. This article shows how the episode was exploited by the first translators of the Coran, by theologians, by a pope, by a Byzantine emperor, by cosmographers, by historians, orientalists, encyclopedists, botanists and finally by some French and English writers, and how it was thus conveyed until the middle of the 19th century.
Book: Trans : Revue de litt�rature g�n�rale et compar�e, n� 8 : � tu et � toi, �t� 2009,
Pages: 1-15
Number of pages: 15
Publication year:2009
Keywords:angels in love