The contested origins of the 1865 Arabic Bible : : contributions to the nineteenth century Nahḍa /

The contested origins of the 1865 Arabic Bible : : contributions to the nineteenth century Nahḍa / / by David D. Grafton.

This study examines the history of an Arabic Bible translation of American missionaries in late Ottoman Syria. Comparing the history of this project as recorded by the American missionaries with private correspondence and the manuscripts of the translation, The Contested Origins of the 1865 Arabic B...

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Grafton, David D.
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2015.
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:The History of Christian-Muslim Relations 26.
Physical Description:1 online resource (289 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 Contested Origins and Contested Contributions
  • 2 The American Syrian Mission: Evangelism, Schools and the Press
  • 3 Debate over the Origins and American Contributions to the Nahḍa
  • 4 Contributions to Nineteenth Century Biblical Scholarship
  • 5 The Text of the 1865 Arabic Bible Translation
  • 6 Reception of the Translation
  • 7 Overstated, Overlooked, and Undervalued Contributions
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Subjects and Names.

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