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Defending Christian faith : the fifth part of the Christian apology of Gerasimus
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ISBN: 311037580X 3110375818 3110399326 Year: 2014 Publisher: De Gruyter

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The book by Abjar Bakhou presents Medieval Christian author Gerasimus and his discussion with Islam. His aim was to show that Christian teachings are not irrational, but rather subtle and complex. As a Christian philosopher and theologian, Gerasimus used the experiences of those of the past to facilitate his own response to critics. However, two important differences separated him from earlier apologists, which demand his own insight and innovation. First, the new language of intellectual discourse was Arabic, which was not accommodating for expressing traditional Christian doctrine, and required the development of a vocabulary out of terms already heavily influenced by the Qur'anic worldview. Second, the new religion challenging Christianity was one of absolute monotheism, which shared neither a common scriptural nor cultural heritage, and rejected the very possibility of a Trinity and Incarnation. Although a common theme in early Christian apologetics was the refutation of Judaism, the debate generally centered on the interpretation of the Old Testament, showing that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. The Qur'an, while acknowledging Jesus as the Messiah, explicitly rejects the Christian doctrines of the Incarnation and the Trinity, and presents itself as the revelation, which supersedes all previous revelation. Thus, although Christians and Muslims share certain themes and figures (such as Creation and the Last Judgement, Abraham, Moses, Mary and Jesus), Muslims refuse evidence contrary to the Qur'an, leaving Christians without recourse to traditional scripture-based arguments. Gerasimus, as a Christian apologist and mutakallim, accepted these challenges and began the process of explaining and translating his faith in the new milieu to make it coherent and rational. In his treatise, Gerasimus reveals himself to be a full participant in this important period of intellectual history; he sets down the basic points of controversy and outlines a response to them in a form that would be an excellent introduction to Christian theology written for the Muslim environment.Gerasimus was also a mutakallim in his own right, the Christian counterpart to those Islamic scholars who sought to defend their faith through rational arguments. In an effort to argue the legitimacy of Christianity, Gerasimus attempts to create a common language that influences the meaning of terminology and concepts of intellectual development in Muslim - Christian debates. Such language would set the stage for centuries to come. This is certainly his greatest contribution.


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The Bible in Arabic
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ISBN: 1400846587 9781400846580 9780691150826 0691150826 0691168083 Year: 2013 Publisher: Princeton [N.J.] Princeton University Press

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From the first centuries of Islam to well into the Middle Ages, Jews and Christians produced hundreds of manuscripts containing portions of the Bible in Arabic. Until recently, however, these translations remained largely neglected by Biblical scholars and historians. In telling the story of the Bible in Arabic, this book casts light on a crucial transition in the cultural and religious life of Jews and Christians in Arabic-speaking lands. In pre-Islamic times, Jewish and Christian scriptures circulated orally in the Arabic-speaking milieu. After the rise of Islam--and the Qur'an's appearance as a scripture in its own right--Jews and Christians translated the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament into Arabic for their own use and as a response to the Qur'an's retelling of Biblical narratives. From the ninth century onward, a steady stream of Jewish and Christian translations of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament crossed communal borders to influence the Islamic world. The Bible in Arabic offers a new frame of reference for the pivotal place of Arabic Bible translations in the religious and cultural interactions between Jews, Christians, and Muslims.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.

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Muslims. --- Religion --- Biblical Reference --- Concordances. --- Language Study. --- Islam --- General. --- Bible. --- Versions --- History. --- 22.05*46 --- Bijbel: Arabische oude vertalingen --- 22.05*46 Bijbel: Arabische oude vertalingen --- 297.181*1 --- 297.181*1 Koran en Bijbel --- Koran en Bijbel --- History --- RELIGION / History. --- Mohammedans --- Moors (People) --- Moslems --- Muhammadans --- Musalmans --- Mussalmans --- Mussulmans --- Mussulmen --- Religious adherents --- Al-Andalus. --- Allusion. --- Alphonse Mingana. --- Anno Domini. --- Apocalypse of Peter. --- Apologetics. --- Arab Christians. --- Arabic alphabet. --- Arabic script. --- Arabic. --- Arabs. --- Bible translations. --- Biblical criticism. --- Book of Job. --- Caliphate. --- Cambridge University Press. --- Christian literature. --- Christian scripture. --- Christian theology. --- Christian tradition. --- Christian. --- Christianity and Judaism. --- Christianity. --- Christology. --- Church of the East. --- Classical Arabic. --- Copts. --- Crucifixion of Jesus. --- Diatessaron. --- Early Muslim conquests. --- Early Period. --- Epithet. --- Evocation. --- Exegesis. --- Ghassanids. --- God the Father. --- God. --- Hebrew Bible. --- Hebrew language. --- Ibn Qutaybah. --- Islam. --- Islamic culture. --- Israelites. --- Jewish Christian. --- Jewish culture. --- Jews. --- John the Baptist. --- Judaism. --- Kafir. --- Late Antiquity. --- Law of Moses. --- Lectionary. --- Literature. --- Manichaeism. --- Melkite. --- Modern Standard Arabic. --- Muslim world. --- Muslim. --- Nestorianism. --- New Testament. --- Old Arabic. --- Old Testament. --- Oxford University Press. --- Patriarchs (Bible). --- Patricia Crone. --- Patrologia Orientalis. --- Pauline epistles. --- People of the Book. --- Pericope. --- Peshitta. --- Polemic. --- Pre-Islamic Arabia. --- Preface (liturgy). --- Princeton University Press. --- Prophecy. --- Prophets and messengers in Islam. --- Prophets of Christianity. --- Psalms. --- Quran. --- Rabbi. --- Religion. --- Religious conversion. --- Religious text. --- Routledge. --- Salvation History. --- Septuagint. --- Sermon on the Mount. --- Spread of Islam. --- Syriac language. --- The Christian Community. --- Theology. --- Tiberias. --- Torah. --- Translation Movement. --- Ummah. --- Vulgate. --- Writing. --- Zoroaster. --- Zoroastrianism.

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