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The Bible in Arab Christianity

By David Thomas

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2006
ISBN
9004155589, 9789004155589
LCC
BS315.A69 M56 2007
Open Library ID
OL17157295M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2947061 bytes)
Series
The History of Christian-Muslim Relations
Pages
428\428
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The contributions to this volume, which come from the Fifth Mingana Symposium, survey the use of the Bible and attitudes towards it in the early and classical Islamic periods. The authors explore such themes as early Christian translations of the Bible into Arabic, the use of verses from it to defend the truth of Christianity, to interpret the significance of Islam and to prove its error, Muslim accusations of corruption of the Bible, and the influences that affected production of Bibles in Muslims lands. The volume illustrates the centrality of the Bible to Arab Christians as a source of authority and information about their experiences under Islam, and the importance of upholding its authenticity in the face of Muslim criticisms.

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