The Bible in Arabic : the Scriptures of the "People of the Book" in the language of Islam / Sidney H. Griffith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffith, Sidney Harrison.

Series:

Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World

Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Arabic--Versions--History.

Bible.

Muslims.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the first centuries of Islam to well into the Middle Ages, Jews and Christians produced hundreds of manuscripts containing portions of the Bible in Arabic. Until recently, however, these translations remained largely neglected by Biblical scholars and historians. In telling the story of the Bible in Arabic, this book casts light on a crucial transition in the cultural and religious life of Jews and Christians in Arabic-speaking lands. In pre-Islamic times, Jewish and Christian scriptures circulated orally in the Arabic-speaking milieu. After the rise of Islam--and the Qur'an's appearance as a scripture in its own right--Jews and Christians translated the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament into Arabic for their own use and as a response to the Qur'an's retelling of Biblical narratives. From the ninth century onward, a steady stream of Jewish and Christian translations of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament crossed communal borders to influence the Islamic world. The Bible in Arabic offers a new frame of reference for the pivotal place of Arabic Bible translations in the religious and cultural interactions between Jews, Christians, and Muslims.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

Chapter I. The Bible in Pre-Islamic Arabia

Chapter II. The Bible in the Arabic Qurʾān

Chapter III. The Earliest Translations of the Bible into Arabic

Chapter IV. Christian Translations of the Bible into Arabic

Chapter V. Jewish Translations of the Bible into Arabic

Chapter VI. Muslims and the Bible in Arabic

Chapter VII. Intertwined Scriptures

Bibliography

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781400846580

1400846587

OCLC:

845251166