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Rudi Paret

رودي باريت

Notable figure 1901–1983 · Source: Paret, Rudi, Neue Deutsche Biographie, Deutsche Biographie · Second source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, authority record: Paret, Rudi (1901-1983)

Field: Qur'an translation

Affiliation

German Qur'an translator (1962–66), with a commentary

Biography

Born at Wittendorf near Freudenstadt, he wrote both his theses on Arabic popular literature around the Thousand and One Nights, published Früharabische Liebesgeschichten (1927), taught at Heidelberg and Bonn, and succeeded his teacher Littmann at Tübingen (1951). His German translation of the Qur'an from the Arabic appeared in 1962–66, with a volume of commentary and concordance (1971).