Revelation 1-3 in Christian Arabic Commentary : John's First Vision and the Letters to the Seven Churches / Ibn Kātib Qayṣar, Būlus al-Būshī; T.C. Schmidt, Stephen J. Davis, Shawqi Talia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

al-Būshī, Būlus, Author.

Qayṣar, Ibn Kātib, Author.

Contributor:

Davis, Stephen J., Editor.

Schmidt, T.C., Editor.

Talia, Shawqi, Editor.

Series:

Christian Arabic texts in translation.

Fordham scholarship online.

Christian Arabic Texts in Translation

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Ibn Kātib Qayṣar, Ibrāhīm ibn Ṣafī al-Dawlah, active 13th century. Tafsir ruʼyā al-Qiddīs Yūḥannā al-Lāhūtī.

Būlus al-Būshī, Bishop, approximately 1170- Tafsīr sifr al-Ruʼyāh.

Bible. Revelation, I-III--Commentaries.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The first publication in a new series—Christian Arabic Texts in Translation, edited by Stephen Davis—this book presents English-language excerpts from thirteenth-century commentaries on the Apocalypse of John by two Egyptian authors, Būlus al-Būshī and Ibn Kātib Qas.ar. Accompanied by scholarly introductions and critical annotations, this edition will provide a valuable entry-point to important but understudied theological work taking place at the at the meeting-points of the medieval Christian and Muslim worlds.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Editorial Notes and Abbreviations

Introduction: Two Arabic Commentaries on the Apocalypse of John in Historical and Cultural Context

1 Būlus al- Būshī on Revelation 1–3: Christology and Christian- Muslim Encounter

2 Ibn Kātib Qayṣar on Visions, Angels, Prophets, and Dreams

3 Ibn Kātib Qayṣar on Revelation 1–3: The First Vision and the Letters to the Seven Churches

4 Būlus al- Būshī, Commentary on the Apocalypse of John, ch. 1–3

5 Ibn Kātib Qayṣar, Commentary on the Apocalypse of John, ch. 1–3

Works Cited

Subject Index

Biblical Index

Notes:

Text in English with translations from the Arabic.

This edition also issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9780823286256

0823286258

9780823281862

0823281868

9780823281855

082328185X

OCLC:

1076269261