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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788816703321

Autore

Awad Najib George

Titolo

Orthodoxy in Arabic terms : a study of Theodore abu Qurrah's theology in its Islamic context / / Najib George Awad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-61451-953-6

1-61451-396-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (480 pages)

Collana

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - tension, transmission, transformation ; ; volume 3

Classificazione

BE 8690

Disciplina

231/.14

Soggetti

Islam - Relations - Orthodox Eastern Church

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One. “If Indeed They Were Known At All”: Christians’ Attitudes towards Islam -- Chapter Two. Abū Qurrah and the Christian Apologetics of the Melkite Church -- Introduction -- Chapter Three. From Nicene Trinitarian Trends to Chalcedonian Christological Terminology -- Chapter Four. Theodore Abū Qurrah’s Trinitarian Theology, or Orthodoxy in Dialogue with Muslim Monotheism -- Chapter Five. Theodore Abū Qurrah’s Christological Discourse and the Muslims’ Jesus -- Concluding Postscript. Theodore Abū Qurrah: A Melkite Orthodox Mutakallim in Dār al-Islām -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume presents Theodore Abu Qurrah’s apologetic Christian theology in dialogue with Islam. It explores the question of whether, in his attempt to convey orthodoxy in Arabic to the Muslim reader, Abu Qurrah diverged from creedal, doctrinal Christian theology and compromised its core content. A comprehensive study of the theology of Abu Qurrah and its relation to Islamic and pre-Islamic orthodox Melkite thought has not yet been pursued in modern scholarship. Awad addresses this gap in scholarship by offering a thorough analytic hermeneutics of Abu Qurrah’s apologetic thought, with specific attention to his theological thought on the Trinity and Christology. This study takes scholarship beyond attempts at editing and translating Abu



Qurrah’s texts and offers scholars, students, and lay readers in the fields of Arabic Christianity, Byzantine theology, Christian-Muslim dialogues, and historical theology an unprecedented scientific study of Abu Qurrah’s theological mind.