The legend of Sergius Bahira : : eastern Christian apologetics and apocalyptic in response to Islam / / by Barbara Roggema.
From the eighth century onwards, Christians living under Islam have produced numerous apologetic and polemical works, aimed at proving the continuing validity of Christianity. Among these is the Legend of Sergius Baḥīrā, which survives in two Syriac and two Arabic versions, and appears here in editi...
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| Superior document: | History of Christian-Muslim relations, 9 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | Multiple English |
| Series: | History of Christian-Muslim relations ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (592 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- The legend of Sergius Bahira in the light of Christian apologetics vis-a-vis Islam
- Muslim-Christian confrontation and counterhistory
- The Islamic Bahira
- The apocalypse of Bahira
- Bahira's teachings
- Breaking crosses
- God's word and his spirit-Bahira's christology
- Protection and recognition-Bahira and Q 5:82
- The physics of heaven
- The Qur'an against Islam
- The legend outside the legend
- Bahira the source
- Bahira the heretic
- Bahira the false witness
- Bahira the victim
- Jewish traditions about Bahira
- Bahira the forecaster
- Concluding discussion
- Texts and translations
- The recensions and the manuscript tradition
- Some characteristics of the recensions
- Textual genealogy
- Manuscripts
- Conspectus siglorum
- Methodological considerations
- The East-Syrian recension
- The West-Syrian recension
- The short Arabic recension
- The long Arabic recension.