Christian Arabic Apologetics during the Abbasid Period (750-1258) (Numen Book Series, 63) - Hardcover

 
9789004095687: Christian Arabic Apologetics during the Abbasid Period (750-1258) (Numen Book Series, 63)

Synopsis

During the first six-seven centuries of the Islamic era there was a very lively exchange between Christian and Islamic thinking. It was a period when Christian theologians of various denominations had to find ways of expressing their traditional ideas in Arabic. In the process their thinking developed. The papers in this volume represent the wide range of this field, including detailed studies of such key writers as Abū Rā’itah, Yaḥyā b. ‘Adī and Theodore Abū Qūrrah, as well as probably the earliest, anonymous, Christian apology in Arabic. The Islamic context in which such writers worked is also dealt with, as is the wider geographical spread of Christian Arabic thought extending to Islamic Spain.

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About the Author

Samir Khalil Samir sj, teaches at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome, and the University of St. Joseph, Beirut. He has written extensively in the field of Arabic Christianity and co-edits the series Patrimoine Arabe Chretien.
Jørgen S. Nielsen, has published in the fields of Islamic history and contemporary Christian-Muslim relations. He is Director of the Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham, UK.

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