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

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...

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