الترجمة العربية للمزامير: مخطوط آيا صوفيا أنموذجا

Abstract EN

The translation is important because it helps us understand the ideas, cultures and civilizations of others.

in religious terms, the translation narrows down the gaps between the religious groups in which they can interpret the sacred scriptures and understand their contents.

understanding the sacred texts is crucial because they are the persuaders of the religious mentality.

for this reason, the translation of religious concepts is a sensitive issue, which requires special skills like being careful, professional, proficient, and aware about religious texts and their cultures of the native language and the target one.

this article aims to discuss the Arabic translations of the book of psalms by analyzing the Hagia Sophia manuscript whose title is “Kitab Tarjamat al-Zabur Bil Arabiyya.” in this book, the translator, who has an Islamic background, combines the texts of the Hebrew psalms translated from Arabic with some verses from the Qur'an.

this combination produced a new religious text called zabur by the translator ..