Theodore Ābu Qurrah / translated by John C. Lamoreaux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abū Qurrah, Thāwdhūrus, approximately 750-825.

Contributor:

Lamoreaux, John C.

Middle Eastern Texts Initiative (Brigham Young University)

Isaac Norris Library Fund.

Series:

Library of the Christian East ; v. 1.

Library of the Christian East ; v. 1

Standardized Title:

Selections. English. 2005

Language:

Arabic

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Theology, Doctrinal.

Apologetics.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 278 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Provo, Utah : Brigham Young University Press, 2005.

Summary:

Theodore Abu Qurrah, who died approximately 820 CE, was the Chalcedonian bishop of Haran and one of the first Arab Christian theologians. In numerous Arabic and Greek works, Abu Qurrah defended his faith from the challenges of Islam and the opponents of Chalcedon, and in doing so re-articulated traditional Christian teachings using the language and concepts of Muslim theologians. His writings provide an important witness to Christian thought in the early Islamic world. This volume is the first English translation of nearly the complete corpus of Theodore Abu Qurrah's works, with extensive notes on the Arabic and Greek texts. The translations are accompanied by a comprehensive introduction to Abu Qurrah's life and writings. Specialists and nonspecialists alike will find this volume to be an accessible and important contribution to the history of Christian theology and early Islamic and Byzantine thought.

Contents:

The Life of Theodore Abu Qurrah xi

Discerning the True Religion and the True Church xviii

The True Religion xviii

The True Church xxii

On the Present Translation xxv

Theodore's Greek Works xxviii

Theodore's Arabic Works xxx

Matters of Structure and Style xxxv

I Discerning the True Religion

1 Theologus Autodidactus 1

2 Against the Jews 27

3 That Christianity Is from God 41

4 On the Confirmation of the Gospel 49

5 On the Characteristics of the True Religion 55

II Discerning the True Church

6 On the Councils 61

7 Epistle to the Armenians 83

8 Against the Armenians 97

9 On the Union and the Incarnation 103

10 On the Death of Christ 109

11 On Our Salvation 129

12 Theodore's Confession of Faith 151

III Topics in Controversial Theology

13 On the Method of the Knowledge of God 157

14 On Natural Theology 165

15 On the Trinity 175

16 On Free Will 195

17 Questions on Free Will 207

IV The Byzantine Legacy

18 Refutations of the Saracens by Theodore Abu Qurrah, the Bishop of Haran, As Reported by John the Deacon 211

19 Greek Fragments 229.

Notes:

"Brigham Young University Middle Eastern Texts Initiative"--Ser. t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.

ISBN:

0934893004

OCLC:

57682461

Publisher Number:

9780934893008

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