Arab Christians and the Qurʼan from the origins of Islam to the medieval period / edited by Mark Beaumont.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Beaumont, Ivor Mark.

Conference Name:

Woodbrooke-Mingana Symposium on Arab Christianity and Islam (7th : 2013 : Birmingham, England)

Series:

The History of Christian-Muslim Relations 35.

The History of Christian-Muslim Relations ; 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christians--Middle East--History--Congresses.

Christians.

Qurʼan--Christian interpretations--History--Congresses.

Qurʼan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

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

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.

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-36074-3

OCLC:

1030310544

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004360747 DOI