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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450550103321

Titolo

Christians at the heart of Islamic rule [[electronic resource] ] : church life and scholarship in ʻAbbasid Iraq / / edited by David Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2003

ISBN

1-280-46717-7

9786610467174

1-4175-3897-X

90-474-0191-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

The history of Christian-Muslim relations, , 1570-7350 ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

ThomasDavid <1948-> (David Richard)

Disciplina

275.67/03

Soggetti

Christianity and other religions - Islam

Islam - Relations - Christianity

Electronic books.

Iraq Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500 Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Notes on Contributors; Muslims as crypto-idolaters-a theme in the Christian portrayal of Islam in the Near East; Monasteries through Muslim Eyes: the Diyārāt Books; Habib ibn Khidma Abū Rā'ita al-Takriti's 'The Refutation of the Melkites concerning the Union [of the Divinity and Humanity in Christ]' (III); 'Ammār al-Basri on the Incarnation; The Christian al-Ma'mūn Tradition; Stuccowork at the Monastery of the Syrians in the Wādi Natrūn: Iraqi-Egyptian Artistic Contact in the 'Abbasid Period

The 'Philosophical Life' in Tenth Century Baghdad: the Contribution of Yahyā Ibn 'Adi's Kitāb tahdhib al-akhlāqYahyā Ibn 'Adi and the Theory of Iktisāb; Language and thought in Kitāb al-majdal, bāb 2, fasl 1, al-Dhurwa; The two recensions of the Prologue to John in Ibn al-Tayyib's Commentary on the Gospels; The Ultimate Proof-Text: The Interpretation of John 20.17 in Muslim-Christian Dialogue (second/eighth-eighth/fourteenth centuries); A Medieval Islamic Polemic against Certain Practices and Doctrines of the East Syrian Church: Introduction, Excerpts and Commentary



Early Muslim Responses to ChristianityBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work covers aspects of Christian life in and around Baghdad in the early centuries of 'Abbasid rule. It explores both broad themes, such as the place of monasteries in Muslim cultural life, accusations of Islam as crypto-adolatry, and Muslim responses to Christian apologetic arguments.