The polemical works of 'Alī al-Ṭabarī
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The polemical works of 'Alī al-Ṭabarī
（The history of Christian-Muslim relations, v. 27）
Brill, c2016
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Raddʻalā al-Naṣārā
Dīn wa-al-dawlah
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-479) and index
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Description and Table of Contents
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 'Ali ibn Rabban al-Tabari converted to Islam around the age of 70. He then wrote Radd 'ala l-Nasara, a recantation of his former faith, and Kitab al-din wa-l-dawla, a defence of the Prophet Muhammad 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.
Table of Contents
Foreword
'Ali al-Tabari, Fragments of a Life
The manuscripts and language of 'Ali al-Tabari's polemical works
Al-radd 'ala l-Nasara, introduction
Al-radd 'ala l-Nasara, edition and translation
Kitab al-din wa-l-dawla, introduction
Kitab al-din wa-l-dawla, edition and translation
Bibliography
References in the Bible and Qur'an
Index
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