عنوان

The legend of Sergius Ba?h?ir?a :eastern Christian apologetics and apocalyptic in response to Islam

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The legend of Sergius Ba?h?ir?a :eastern Christian apologetics and apocalyptic in response to Islam

Leiden ; Boston

Brill

History of Christian-Muslim relations,0751-0537 ;9

Includes bibliographical references )p. ]529[-560( and index

by Barbara Roggema

The legend of Sergius Bahira in the light of Christian apologetics vis-a-vis Islam -- Muslim-Christian confrontation and counterhistory -- The Islamic Bahira -- The apocalypse of Bahira -- Bahira's teachings -- Breaking crosses -- God's word and his spirit-Bahira's christology -- Protection and recognition-Bahira and Q 5:28 -- The physics of heaven -- The Qur'an against Islam -- The legend outside the legend -- Bahira the source -- Bahira the heretic -- Bahira the false witness -- Bahira the victim -- Jewish traditions about Bahira -- Bahira the forecaster -- Concluding discussion -- Texts and translations -- The recensions and the manuscript tradition -- Some characteristics of the recensions -- Textual genealogy -- Manuscripts -- Conspectus siglorum -- Methodological considerations -- The East-Syrian recension -- The West-Syrian recension -- The short Arabic recension -- The long Arabic recension

History ، Apologetics - Middle Ages, 006-0051

History and criticism ، Apocalyptic literature

Islam History ، Christianity and other religions

Relations Christianity History ، Islam

Roggema, Barbara.

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