ENGLISHARABIC

The Polemical Works of Ali Al-abari (History of Christian-muslim Relations, 27) (English and Arabic Edition)

By David Thomas (Editor) , Rifaat Ebied (editor)

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Pub
Year
2016
ISBN
9004309152, 9789004309159
Language
englisharabic
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2635338 bytes)
Edition
Bilingual
Pages
500\500
Time added
2024-04-30 14:12:45

Description

Acknowledged as a leading medical expert in his day, and secretary to a succession of caliphs in the mid-ninth century, the Nestorian Christian ʿAlī ibn Rabban al-Ṭabarī converted to Islam around the age of 70. He then wrote Radd ʿalā l-Naṣārā, a recantation of his former faith, and Kitāb al-dīn wa-l-dawla, a defence of the Prophet Muḥammad based substantially on biblical proof-texts. The range of arguments he produced against the soundness of his former faith in these two works influenced sections of Islamic scholarship for many centuries. These new editions and translations of his works are based on all the available evidence for the texts, accompanied by extensive introductions and studies of their place in Islamic thought.

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