A Muslim theologian in a sectarian milieu : Abd al-Jabbar and the critique of Christian origins / by Gabriel Said Reynolds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reynolds, Gabriel Said.

Series:

Islamic history and civilization ; v. 56.

Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts ; v. 56

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motazilites--Doctrines.

Motazilites.

Christianity in the Qurʼan.

Islam--Relations--Christianity.

Islam.

Christianity and other religions--Islam.

Christianity and other religions.

Islam--Apologetic works.

Qurʼan--Relation to the Bible.

Qurʼan.

Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad al-Asadabadi, d. 1025. Tathbit dalail al-nubuwah.

Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad al-Asadabadi.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 297 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 385 AH/AD 995 the Qāḍī 'Abd al-Jabbār, well known for his Mu'tazilī theological writings, wrote the Confirmation of the Proofs of Prophecy , a work that includes a creative polemic against Christianity. 'Abd al-Jabbār reinterprets the Bible, Church history (especially the lives of Paul and Constantine) and Christian practice to argue that Christians changed the Islamic religion of Jesus. The present work begins with an examination of the controversial theory that this polemic was borrowed from an unkown Judaeo-Christian group. The author argues that 'Abd al-Jabbār's polemic is better understood as a response to his particular milieu and the on-going inter-religious debates of the medieval Islamic world. By examining the life and thought of 'Abd al-Jabbār, along with the Islamic, Christian and Jewish antecedants to his polemic, the author uncovers the intimate relationship between sectarian controversy and the development of an Islamic doctrine on Christianity.

Contents:

Preface; Chapter One: An Introduction to the Critique of Christian Origins and the Judaeo-Christian Thesis; Chapter Two: The Historical Context of 'Abd al-Jabbar's Critique; Chapter Three: The Critique: Reputation, Content and Style; Chapter Four: Muslim Sources of the Critique; Chapter Five: Non-Muslim Sources of the Critique; Conclusion: the Critique and the Sectarian Milieu; Bibliography; Appendices; Index of People, Places and Subjects; Index of Qur'anic Citations; Index of Biblical Citations

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-85968-7

9786610859689

90-474-0582-X

1-4337-0745-4

OCLC:

191936479

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047405825 DOI