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The legend of Sergius Baḥīrā : eastern Christian apologetics and apocalyptic in response to Islam / by Barbara Roggema.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roggema, Barbara.
- Series:
- History of Christian-Muslim relations (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 9.
- History of Christian-Muslim relations, 1570-7350 ; v. 9
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Syriac, Modern
- Subjects (All):
- Legend of Baḥīrā.
- Apologetics--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Apologetics.
- History.
- Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
- Apocalyptic literature.
- Christianity and other religions--Islam--History.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Islam--Relations--Christianity--History.
- Islam.
- Relations.
- Christianity.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 579 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
- Summary:
- From the eighth century onwards, Christians living under Islam have produced numerous apologetic and polemical works, aimed at proving the continuing validity of Christianity. Among these is the Legend of Sergius Bahīrā, which survives in two Syriac and two Arabic versions, and appears here in edition and translation. Being a counterhistory of Islam, it reshapes early Muslim traditions about a monk recognizing Muhammad as the final Prophet by turning this monk into Muhammad's tutor and co-author of the Qur'an. In response to Muslim triumphalist propaganda, it portrays Islam's political power as predestined but finite and unrelated to its religious message. This feature sets the legend apart from similar Christian accounts of the origin of Islam, East and West, which are reviewed in this study as well.
- Contents:
- The legend of Sergius Baḥīrā in the light of Christian apologetics vis-à-vis Islam
- Muslim-Christian confrontation and counterhistory
- The Islamic Baḥīrā
- The apocalypse of Baḥīrā
- Baḥīrā's teachings
- Breaking crosses
- God's word and His Spirit
- Baḥīrā's Christology
- Protection and recognition
- Baḥīrā and Q 5:82
- The physics of heaven
- The Qur'an against Islam
- The legend outside the Legend
- Baḥīrā the source
- Baḥīrā the heretic
- Baḥīrā the false witness
- Baḥīrā the victim
- Jewish traditions about Baḥīrā
- Baḥīrā the forecaster
- Concluding discussion
- Texts and translations
- The recensions and the manuscript tradition
- Some characteristics of the recensions
- Textual genealogy
- Manuscripts
- Conspectus siglorum
- Methodological considerations
- The East-Syrian recension
- The West-Syrian recension
- The short Arabic recension
- The long Arabic recension.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [529]-560) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Contains:
- Legend of Baḥīrā. Polyglot.
- ISBN:
- 9789004167308
- 9004167307
- OCLC:
- 228369894
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