The polemical works of 'Ali al-Tabari / / edited by Rifaat Ebied, David Thomas.

• Superior document: History of Christian-Muslim Relations, Volume 27
• VerfasserIn: Ṭabarī, ʻAlī ibn Sahl Rabbān, active 9th century,
• TeilnehmendeR: Ebied, Rifaat,; Thomas, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: History of Christian-Muslim relations ; Volume 27.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (499 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Dīn wa-al-dawlah.; Front Matter /; ʿAlī ibn Rabban al-Ṭabarī, Fragments of a Life /; The Manuscripts and Language of ʿAlī al-Ṭabarī’s Polemical Works /; Al-radd ʿalā l-Naṣārā, Introduction /; The Refutation of the Christians /; Kitāb al-dīn wa-l-dawla, Introduction /; The Book of Religion and Empire /; Bibliography /; Indexes /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004309551
• ISSN: 1570-7350
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Rifaat Ebied, David Thomas.

Acknowledged as a leading medical expert in his day, and secretary to a succession of caliphs in the mid-ninth century, the Nestorian Christian ʿAlī ibn Rabban al-Ṭabarī converted to Islam around the age of 70. He then wrote Radd ʿalā l-Naṣārā , a recantation of his former faith, and Kitāb al-dīn wa-l-dawla , a defence of the Prophet Muḥammad 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.