Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 580 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1089 g
Eastern Christian Apologetics and Apocalyptic in Response to Islam
Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 580 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1089 g
Reihe: The History of Christian-Muslim Relations
ISBN: 978-90-04-16730-8
Verlag: Brill
From the eighth century onwards, Christians living under Islam have produced numerous apologetic and polemical works, aimed at proving the continuing validity of Christianity. Among these is the Legend of Sergius Bahira, which survives in two Syriac and two Arabic versions, and appears here in edition and translation. Being a counterhistory of Islam, it reshapes early Muslim traditions about a monk recognizing Muhammad as the final Prophet by turning this monk into Muhammad’s tutor and co-author of the Qur’an. In response to Muslim triumphalist propaganda, it portrays Islam’s political power as predestined but finite and unrelated to its religious message. This feature sets the legend apart from similar Christian accounts of the origin of Islam, East and West, which are reviewed in this study as well.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I: THE LEGEND OF SERGIUS BAHIRA IN LIGHT OF CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS VIS-À-VIS ISLAM
Chapter One: Muslim-Christian Confrontation and Counterhistory
Chapter Two: The Islamic Bahira
Chapter Three: The Apocalypse of Bahira
Chapter Four: 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
Chapter Five: The Qur'an against Islam
Chapter Six: 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
Chapter Seven: Concluding Discussion
PART II: TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS
Chapter Eight: The Recensions and the Manuscript Tradition
Some Characteristics of the Recensions
Textual Genealogy
Manuscripts
Conspectus Siglorum
Methodological Considerations
Chapter Nine: The East-Syrian Recension
Chapter Ten: The West-Syrian Recension
Chapter Eleven: The Short Arabic Recension
Chapter Twelve: The Long Arabic Recension
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX OF SCRIPTURAL VERSES
GENERAL INDEX
