The Bible in Arab Christianity / / edited by David Thomas.

• Superior document: The history of Christian-Muslim relations ; v. 6
• Author: Mingana Symposium on Arabic Christianity and Islam
• TeilnehmendeR: Thomas, David 1948-; Mingana Symposium on Arabic Christianity and Islam
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: History of Christian-Muslim relations ; v. 6.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (427 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Materials /; Introduction /; The Arabic Versions Of The Gospels: A Case Study Of John 1.1 And 1.18 /; Bible Et Liturgie Chez Les Arabes Chrétiens (Vie–Ixe Siècle) /; Anti-Jewish Polemic And Early Islam /; The Use Of Biblical Quotations In Christian Apocalyptic Writings Of The Umayyad Period /; Beyond Prooftexting (2): The Use Of The Bible In Some Early Arabic Christian Apologies /; The Re-Written Bible In Arabic: The Paradise Story And Its Exegesis In The Arabic Apocalypse Of Peter /; Biblical Exegesis And Interreligious Polemics In The Arabic Apocalypse Of Peter—The Book Of The Rolls /; The Development Of Testimony Collections In Early Christian Apologetics With Islam /; The Bible And The Kalām --; The Qur’Anic Sarah As Prototype Of Mary /; Early Muslim Accusations of Taḥrīf:Muqātil Ibn Sulaymān’s Commentary On Key Qur’anic Verses /; Is There Room For Corruption In The ‘Books’ Of God? /; ‘Ammār al-Basrī on the alleged corruption of the gospels /; The Use And Translation Of Scripture In The Apologetic Writings Of Abū Rā’iṭa Al-Takrītī /; Al-Radd Al-Jamīl: Al-Ghazālīs Or Pseudo-Ghazālī’s? /; Ḥanbalite Commentary On The Bible: Analysis Of Najm Al-Dīn Al-Ṭūfī’s (D. 716/1316) Al-Ta’līq /; Illustrating The Gospels In Arabic: Byzantine And Arab Christian Miniatures In Two Manuscripts Of The Early Mamlūk Period In Cambridge /; A Nestorian Arabic Pentateuch Used In Western Islamic Lands /; Biblical Allusions And Citations In The Syriac Theotokia According To The Ms Syr. New Series 11 Of The National Library Of Russia, St Petersburg /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-414) and index.
• ISBN: 1281458120; 9786611458126; 9047411706
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by David Thomas.

The contributions to this volume, which come from the Fifth Mingana Symposium, survey the use of the Bible and attitudes towards it in the early and classical Islamic periods. The authors explore such themes as early Christian translations of the Bible into Arabic, the use of verses from it to defend the truth of Christianity, to interpret the significance of Islam and to prove its error, Muslim accusations of corruption of the Bible, and the influences that affected production of Bibles in Muslims lands. The volume illustrates the centrality of the Bible to Arab Christians as a source of authority and information about their experiences under Islam, and the importance of upholding its authenticity in the face of Muslim criticisms. Contributors include: Samir Arbache, Mark Beaumont, Emmanouela Grypeou, Lucy-Anne Hunt, Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala, Said Gabriel Reynolds, Barbara Roggema, Harald Suermann and Mark Swanson.