Early Muslim polemic against Christianity : Abū ʿĪsā al-Warrāq's "Against the Incarnation"
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Early Muslim polemic against Christianity : Abū ʿĪsā al-Warrāq's "Against the Incarnation"
(University of Cambridge Oriental publications, 59)
Cambridge University Press, 2002
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al-Radd ʿalā al-ittiḥād
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Arabic text and parallel English translation
Translation of: al-Radd ʿalā al-ittiḥād
Bibliography: p. [305]-310
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Muslim thinker, Abu 'Isa al-Warraq, lived in ninth-century Baghdad. He is remembered for his extensive knowledge of non-Muslim religious communities and his unorthodox views on Islam itself. This 2002 book represents an edition and translation of Abu 'Isa's Against the Incarnation, the second and last part of his Refutation of the Three Christian Denominations. It is edited and translated by David Thomas and contains the Arabic text alongside the English translation, together with explanatory notes. Dr Thomas' full introduction outlines the pluralist and multifaith society of medieval Baghdad, and places Abu 'Isa in the context of both Muslim theological argument and Christian-Muslim discussions. In this way it demonstrates the author's originality and his influence on later Muslim authors. The book will serve as a companion to the editor's earlier volume, Anti-Christian Polemic in Early Islam: Abu 'Isa al-Warraq's 'Against the Trinity' which was published in 1992.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Christians and Muslims
- 2. Abu 'Isa al-Warraq and the study of religions
- 3. The doctrine of the Incarnation in the time of Abu 'Isa
- 4. Abu 'Isa's refutation of the Incarnation
- Al-Radd 'Ala Al-`Ittihad: Al-Juz' Al-Thani Min Kitab Al-Radd 'Ala Al-`Thalath Firaq Min Al-Nasara: The Refutation of the Uniting: The second part of the refutation of the three Christian sects
- Concluding arguments against the three denominations.
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