Defending the "people of truth" in the early Islamic period : the Christian apologies of Abū Rā̕̕iṭah /
The apologetical writings of the Jacobite Christian, Ab R'iah al-Takrt (c. 835) have remained relatively unknown in Western scholarship. Yet, his engagement with Muslim questions about Christianity provides a significant insight into the theological debate between the two communities in the ear...
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| Language: | English Arabic |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
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| Series: | History of Christian-Muslim relations ;
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: A Ninth-Century Defense of Christian Doctrine
- Christians and the Rise of Islam
- Christian Apologetic under Islamic Rule
- Islamization and Conversion from Christianity
- Arabic: The New Lingua Franca
- Arabic Christian Apology and Theological Debate
- Abu Ra'itah Al-Takriti, the Jacobite (c. 775-c. 835)
- Name
- Date
- Ecclesiastical Status
- A Christian Mutakallim
- Conclusion
- Writings
- Genres
- Topics
- Addressees and Opponents
- Translation Method
- Manuscripts
- Extant Manuscripts
- List of Known Writings
- I.A Risalah of Abu Ra'itah Al-Takriti on the Proof of the Christian Religion and the Proof of the Holy Trinity
- Introduction
- Content and Context
- Addressee and Date
- Translation and Arabic Text
- II. The First Risalah on the Holy Trinity
- Introduction
- Background and Contents
- Addressees and Date
- Translation and Arabic Text
- III. The Second Risalah of Abu Ra'itah Al-Takriti on the Incarnation
- Introduction
- Translation and Arabic Text
- IV. Witnesses from the Words of the Torah, the Prophets and the Saints
- Introduction
- Translation and Arabic Text
- V. From the Teaching of Abu Ra'itah Al-Takriti, the Syrian, Bishop of Nisibis, 'On the Demonstration of the Credibility of Christianity which was Received from the Preaching of the Evangelists in the Holy Scriptures'
- Introduction
- Context and Addressee
- Contents
- Translation and Arabic text
- VI. Christological Discussion
- Introduction
- Context and Date
- Contents
- Translation and Arabic Text
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Biblical Citation Index.
