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Muslim-Christian polemic during the Crusades : the letter from the people of Cyprus and Ibn Abi Talib al-Dimashqi's response / edited by Rifaat Y. Ebied, David Thomas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ebied, R. Y.
- Series:
- History of Christian-Muslim relations ; v. 2.
- The history of Christian-Muslim relations, 1570-7350 ; v. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dimashqī, Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Abī Ṭālib, 1256 or 1257-1327. Response to the letter from the people of Cyprus.
- Dimashqī, Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Abī Ṭālib.
- Letter from the people of Cyprus.
- Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Early works to 1800.
- Qurʼan.
- Apologetics--Early works to 1800.
- Apologetics.
- Christianity and other religions--Islam--Early works to 1800.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Islam--Relations--Christianity--Early works to 1800.
- Islam.
- Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Church history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([vii], 516 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume comprises an edition and English translation of the response in Arabic made by the fourteenth century scholar Ibn Abi ?alib al-Dimashqi to a Letter sent to him by anonymous Christians from Cyprus. The Christian letter was also sent to al-Dimashqi s contemporary Ibn Taymiyya, and this response is thus a parallel to Ibn Taymiyya s "Al-jawab al-?a'i'." In their Letter the Christians subtly suggest that the Qur an supports Christian doctrines. Al-Dimashqi replies with a comprehensive series of elaborate and wide-ranging arguments that incorporate not only themes familiar from earlier polemical works but also his own original points. His response is thus an important source of information about the development of Muslim interfaith attitudes, and a significant example of polemic in the later medieval period. The edition presents the two parts of this correspondence in parallel Arabic and English versions, together with an extensive introduction, textual notes and commentary."
- Contents:
- The letters and their authors
- The manuscripts of the letters
- The language of the letters: divergences from classical usage
- The letter from the people of Cyprus
- Al-Dimashqi's response to the letter from the people of Cyprus
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [499]-503) and index.
- Contains:
- Dimashqi, Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Abi Talib, 1256 or 7-1327. Response to the letter from the people of Cyprus. English & Arabic.
- Letter from the people of Cyprus. English & Arabic.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-91477-7
- 9786610914777
- 90-474-0471-8
- 1-4294-0715-8
- OCLC:
- 923611876
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