Overview

The contributions to this volume, which come from the Fifth Mingana Symposium, survey the use of the Bible and attitudes towards it in the early and classical Islamic periods. The authors explore such themes as early Christian translations of the Bible into Arabic, the use of verses from it to defend the truth of Christianity, to interpret the significance of Islam and to prove its error, Muslim accusations of corruption of the Bible, and the influences that affected production of Bibles in Muslims lands. The volume illustrates the centrality of the Bible to Arab Christians as a source of authority and information about their experiences under Islam, and the importance of upholding its authenticity in the face of Muslim criticisms. Contributors include: Samir Arbache, Mark Beaumont, Emmanouela Grypeou, Lucy-Anne Hunt, Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala, Said Gabriel Reynolds, Barbara Roggema, Harald Suermann and Mark Swanson.

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Author:   David Thomas
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.920kg
ISBN:  

9789004155589

ISBN 10:   9004155589
Pages:   428
Publication Date:   28 December 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Introduction Hikmat Kachouh The Arabic Versions of the Gospels: A Case Study of John 1.1 and 1.18 Samir Arbache Bible et liturgie chez les Arabes chretiens (VIe - IXe siecle) Shaun O'Sullivan Anti-Jewish Polemic and Early Islam Harald Suermann The Use of Biblical Quotations in Christian Apocalyptic Writings of the Umayyad Period Mark Swanson Beyond Prooftexting (2): The Use of the Bible in Some Early Arabic Christian Apologies Emmanouela Grypeou The Re-written Bible in Arabic: The Paradise Story and Its Exegesis in the Arabic Apocalypse of Peter Barbara Roggema Biblical Exegesis and Interreligious Polemics in the Arabic Apocalypse of Peter -The Book of the Rolls David Bertaina The Development of Testimony Collections in Early Christian Apologetics with Islam David Thomas The Bible and the Kalam Gabriel Said Reynolds The Qur'anic Sarah as Prototype of Mary Gordon Nickel Early Muslim Accusations of tahrif: Muqatil Ibn Sulayman's Commentary on Key Qur'anic Verses Clare Wilde Is There Room for Corruption in the 'Books' of God? Mark Beaumont 'Ammar al-Basri on the Alleged Corruption of the Gospels Sandra Keating The Use and Translation of Scripture in the Apologetic Writings of Abu Ra'ita al-Takriti Maha El-Kaisy Friemuth Al-Radd al-Jamil: al-Ghazali's or Pseudo-Ghazali's? Lejla Demiri Hanbalite Commentary on the Bible: Analysis of Najm al-Din al-Tufi's (d. 716/1316) Al-Ta'liq Lucy-Anne Hunt Illustrating the Gospels in Arabic: Byzantine and Arab Christian Miniatures in Two Manuscripts of the Early Mamluk Period in Cambridge Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala A Nestorian Arabic Pentateuch used in Western Islamic Lands Natalia Smelova Biblical Allusions and Citations in the Syriac Theotokia according to the MS Syr. New Series 11 of the National Library of Russia, St Petersburg Bibliography

Reviews

""[les articles] contribuent a une meilleure comprehension des communautes chretiennes partagees entre la defense de la foi et la polemique avec l'islam."" J. Dean in REVUE D'HISTOIRE ET DE PHILOSOPHIE RELIGIEUSES 2012, Tome 92 n 4.

[les articles] contribuent a une meilleure comprehension des communautes chretiennes partagees entre la defense de la foi et la polemique avec l'islam. J. Dean in REVUE D'HISTOIRE ET DE PHILOSOPHIE RELIGIEUSES 2012, Tome 92 n- 4.

Author Information

David Thomas, Ph.D. (1983) in Islamic Studies, University of Lancaster, is Reader in Christianity and Islam in the Department of Theology, University of Birmingham. He has published widely on Christian-Muslim relations, including (with Rifaat Ebied) Muslim-Christian Polemic during the Crusades (Brill, 2005).

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