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Orthodoxy in Arabic Terms. A Study of Theodore Abu Qurrah’s Theology in Its Islamic Context

By Najib George Awad

Book information

Publisher
de Gruyter
Year
2015
ISBN
1614515670, 9781614515678, 9781614513964
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4792346 bytes)
Series
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - Tension, Transmission, Transformation
Pages
466\476
Topic
Religion
Time added
2016-06-21 19:01:43
Religion Theology Christianity Christologie Trinit

Description

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.

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