عنوان

<The legend of Sergius bahira = legend of Sergius bahira>

(Number (ISBN

9789004167308 (hardback : alk. paper)

Number

91-430

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

عربی

Title Proper

Other Title Information

: Eastern christian apologetics and apocalyptic in response to islam

First Statement of Responsibility

/ by Barbara Roggema.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

; Boston

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

: Brill

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

, 2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 579 p.

Other Physical Details

: ill.

Dimensions

; 25 cm.

Series Title

History of Christian-Muslim relations,

Volume Designation

9

ISSN of Series

1570-7350 ;

Text of Note

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

Text of Note

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 5:82 -- 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.

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Legend of Bahira

Apologetics - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism.

Christianity and other religions - Islam - History.

Islam - Relations - Christianity - History.

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Book number

Roggema, Barbara.

Date of Transaction

20110813164829.0

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251648

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