The Contested Origins of the 1865 Arabic Bible

David D. Grafton

ISBN 10: 9004307079 / ISBN 13: 9789004307070

Published by Brill, NL, 2015

About this Item

This study examines the history of an Arabic Bible translation of American missionaries in late Ottoman Syria. Comparing the history of this project as recorded by the American missionaries with private correspondence and the manuscripts of the translation, The Contested Origins of the 1865 Arabic Bible provides new evidence for the Bible's compilation, including the seminal role of Syrian Christians and Muslims. This research also places the project within the wider social-political framework of a transforming Ottoman Empire, where the rise of a literate class in Beirut served as a catalyst for the Arabic literary renaissance (Nah?a), and within the international field of New Testament textual studies.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Contested Origins of the 1865 Arabic Bible
• Publisher: Brill, NL
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004307079
• ISBN 13: 9789004307070
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: Illustrated.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.5W x 2.1H x 23.5D centimeters 15.5 centimeters width by 2.1 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 586 grams

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Synopsis

This study examines the history of an Arabic Bible translation of American missionaries in late Ottoman Syria. Comparing the history of this project as recorded by the American missionaries with private correspondence and the manuscripts of the translation, The Contested Origins of the 1865 Arabic Bible provides new evidence for the Bible’s compilation, including the seminal role of Syrian Christians and Muslims. This research also places the project within the wider social-political framework of a transforming Ottoman Empire, where the rise of a literate class in Beirut served as a catalyst for the Arabic literary renaissance (Nahḍa), and within the international field of New Testament textual studies.

About the Author

David D. Grafton, Ph.D. (2001), University of Birmingham, UK, is the Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is the author of The Christians of Lebanon (2004), Piety, Politics and Power: Lutherans Encountering Islam in the Middle East (2009) and Christian-Muslim Relations in the Lutheran and Anglican Communions (2013).