Details

Subject(s)

• Christians—Middle East—History—Congresses [Browse]
• Qurʼan—Christian interpretations—History—Congresses [Browse]

Related name

• Beaumont, Ivor Mark [Browse]

Series

• The History of Christian-Muslim Relations 35. [More in this series]
• The History of Christian-Muslim Relations ; 35 [More in this series]

Summary note

Arab Christians and the Qurʾan from the Origins of Islam to the Medieval Period is a collection of essays on the use and interpretation of the Qur’an by Christians writing in Arabic in the period of Islamic rule in the Middle East up to the end of the thirteenth century. These essays originated in the seventh Woodbrooke-Mingana Symposium on Arab Christianity held in Birmingham, UK, in 2013, and are edited by Mark Beaumont. Contributors are: David Bertaina, Sidney Griffith, Sandra Keating, Michael Kuhn, Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala, Gordon Nickel, Emilio Platti and David Thomas

Notes

"These essays originated in the seventh Woodbrooke-Mingana Symposium on Arab Christianity held in Birmingham, UK, in 2013"--ECIP data view.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Preliminary Material
• The Qurʾan in Christian Arabic Literature: A Cursory Overview / Sidney H. Griffith
• Qurʾānic Textual Archaeology. Rebuilding the Story of the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorra / Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala
• Manipulation of the Qurʾan in the Epistolary Exchange between al-Hāshimī and al-Kindī / Sandra T. Keating
• ʿAbd al-Masīḥ al-Kindī on the Qurʾan / Emilio Platti
• ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī: Ninth Century Christian Theology and Qurʾanic Presuppositions / Mark Beaumont
• ‘They Find Him Written with them.’ The Impact of Q 7:157 on Muslim Interaction with Arab Christianity / Gordon Nickel
• With the Qur’an in Mind / David Thomas
• Early Islamic Perspectives of the Apostle Paul as a Narrative Framework for Taḥrīf / Michael F. Kuhn
• Būluṣ ibn Rajāʾ on the History and Integrity of the Qurʾan: Copto-Islamic Controversy in Fatimid Cairo / David Bertaina
• Bibliography
• Index.

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ISBN

90-04-36074-3

OCLC

1030310544

Doi

• 10.1163/9789004360747

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