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is it possible to translate quran into biblical hebrew? - דימאס סאפוטרה - 09-04-2026
hello, ive been learning hebrew for the past week and am fascinated by the close linguistic roots shared by arabic and hebrew. the title says what im getting at, im curious if its possible to translate the quran into biblical hebrew given how close the two languages are, and whether that would be seen as appropriate or if theres any taboo around using biblical hebrew for a text outside the jewish tradition.
RE: is it possible to translate quran into biblical hebrew? - RabbiO - 09-04-2026
Anything is possible, but for what purpose? There are certain similarities, but the Arabic of the Quran is at best 700 years after the Hebrew of the Tanakh. If one is not going to learn the Arabic of the Quran why read a translation other than one’s own?