Orthodoxy in Arabic Terms : : A Study of Theodore Abu Qurrah’s Theology in Its Islamic Context / / Najib George Awad.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Awad, Najib George,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Tension, Transmission, Transformation , 3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (466 p.)

This volume presents Theodore Abu Qurrah’s apologetic Christian theology in dialogue with Islam. It explores the question of whether, in his attempt to convey orthodoxy in Arabic to the Muslim reader, Abu Qurrah diverged from creedal, doctrinal Christian theology and compromised its core content. A comprehensive study of the theology of Abu Qurrah and its relation to Islamic and pre-Islamic orthodox Melkite thought has not yet been pursued in modern scholarship. Awad addresses this gap in scholarship by offering a thorough analytic hermeneutics of Abu Qurrah’s apologetic thought, with specific attention to his theological thought on the Trinity and Christology. This study takes scholarship beyond attempts at editing and translating Abu Qurrah’s texts and offers scholars, students, and lay readers in the fields of Arabic Christianity, Byzantine theology, Christian-Muslim dialogues, and historical theology an unprecedented scientific study of Abu Qurrah’s theological mind.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: The Historical and Religious Settings -- Chapter One. “If Indeed They Were Known At All”: Christians’ Attitudes towards Islam -- Chapter Two. Abū Qurrah and the Christian Apologetics of the Melkite Church -- Part Two: The Dogmatic Framework of Abū Qurrah’s Orthodoxy -- Introduction -- Chapter Three. From Nicene Trinitarian Trends to Chalcedonian Christological Terminology -- Chapter Four. Theodore Abū Qurrah’s Trinitarian Theology, or Orthodoxy in Dialogue with Muslim Monotheism -- Chapter Five. Theodore Abū Qurrah’s Christological Discourse and the Muslims’ Jesus -- Concluding Postscript. Theodore Abū Qurrah: A Melkite Orthodox Mutakallim in Dār al-Islām -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index