235 research outputs found
David Bertaina, Christian and Muslim Dialogues. The Religious Uses of a Literary Form in the Early Islamic Middle East (Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2011.
No full textRecensione che presenta e discute criticamente il libro di David Bertaina collocandolo nel dibattitto sulel origini dell'Islam degli ultimi decenni
David Bertaina, Christian and Muslim Dialogues. The Religious Uses of a Literary Form in the Early Islamic Middle East (Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2011), 247pp. + Bibliography and Index, Adamantius 19 (2014,) 605-607
No full textThe article reviews a book published in 2011 by David Bertaina. The book explores the religious uses of Christian and Muslim literary dialogues written between the 7th and the early 9th centuries, although Christian-Muslim dialogue literature flourished especially in 9th century Iraq
Inquiring of ‘Beelzebub’
No full textThis study juxtaposes the concerns of Catholios Timothy I (r. 780–823), leader of the Church of the East, with those of al-Jāḥiẓ (about 776–868/9), a popular Muslim writer, regarding the dangers for each community when Christians appear as plaintiffs or defendants in Islamic courts. Timothy’s Canons attempt to obviate some of the reasons Christians might voluntarily appeal to Islamic courts rather than resolving disputes within the church, and Canon 12 in particular uses a biblical turn of language to condemn this practice. By contrast, cases involving a Muslim disputant had to be tried in Islamic courts, and al-Jāḥiẓ argues that judges who mete out sentences favorable to Christians in such cases jeopardize the rightful social order of Muslims in regard to ahl al-dhimma (protected people)
Melkites, Mutakallim?n and al-Ma’m?n: Depicting the Religious Other in Medieval Arabic Dialogues
No full textThe article describes a literary dialogue said to have occurred in 829/214 between the Arab Melkite Christian bishop Theodore Ab? Qurra, several Muslim scholars, and the caliph al-Ma’m?n. The text contains two types of dialogue: Ab? Qurra versus the Muslim scholars and Ab? Qurra with al-Ma’m?n. The former is distinguished by its antagonism on both sides, while the latter is noted for its polite discourse. The evidence indicates that the Muslim caliph al-Ma’m?n held an admired place in the Melkite Christian community’s memory. The author’s analysis concludes that the dialogue presupposes Christian Arab identity was integrated into the dominant Islamic culture in a symbiotic relationship that recognized the reality of religious pluralism and disparate truth claims. The author also argues that the text placed value on the dialogical approach as a process of identity formation by constructing boundaries with religious others while simultaneously internalizing these other religious worldviews.</jats:p
Science, syntax, and superiority in eleventh-century Christian–Muslim discussion: Elias of Nisibis on the Arabic and Syriac languages
No full textIshac, Ephrem A., Csanády, Thomas and Zammit Lupi, Theresa, eds. Tracing Written Heritage in a Digital Age. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2021
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Būluṣ ibn Rajāʾ on the History and Integrity of the Qurʾan: Copto-Islamic Controversy in Fatimid Cairo
No full textDel Río Sánchez, Francisco, Living on Blurred Frontiers: Jewish Devotees of Jesus and Christian Observers of the Law in Palestine, Syria and Mesopotamia (5th-10th Centuries). Series Semitica Antiqva, 5. Córdoba: Universidad de Córdoba Press, 2021
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