Defending the "people of truth" in the early Islamic period : : the Christian apologies of Abu Ra'itah / / by Sandra Toenies Keating.

• Superior document: The history of Christian-Muslim relations, v. 4
• Author: Keating, Sandra Toenies.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: History of Christian-Muslim relations ; v. 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The apologetical writings of the Jacobite Christian, Abū Rā’iṭah al-Takrītī († c. 835) have remained relatively unknown in Western scholarship. Yet his engagement with Muslim questions about Christianity provides a significant insight into the theological debate between the two communities in the early ʿAbbāsid period. Abū Rā’iṭah’s treatises take up many of the topics that become standard for Christian-Muslim apologetics: proofs of the true religion, the Trinity, the Incarnation, and Christian practices. In each case, he provides his reader with complex arguments in defense of Christian doctrines that can be used to convince both Muslims and wavering Christians of the truth of Christianity. This new Arabic edition and English translation seeks to contextualize Abū Rā’iṭah’s important writings and to make the original texts available to modern scholars interested in all aspects of the early development of Muslim-Christian relations.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / S.T. Keating -- Introduction A Ninth-Century Defense Of Christian Doctrine: Abū Rā’Iṭah Al-Takrītīs Response To His Muslim Critics / S.T. Keating -- A Risālah Of Abū Rā’Iṭah Al-Takrītīs On The Proof Of The Christian Religion And The Proof Of The Holy Trinity / S.T. Keating -- The First Risālah On The Holy Trinity / S.T. Keating -- The Second Ris Lah Of Abū Rā’Iṭah Al-Takrītīs On The Incarnation / S.T. Keating -- Witnesses From The Words Of The Torah, The Prophets And The Saints / S.T. Keating -- From The Teaching Of Abū Rā’Iṭah Al-Takrītīs, The Syrian, Bishop Of Nisibis, On The Demonstration Of The Credibility Of Christianity Which Was Received From The Preaching Of The Evangelists In The Holy Scriptures / S.T. Keating -- Christological Discussion / S.T. Keating -- Abbreviations / S.T. Keating -- Bibliography / S.T. Keating -- Biblical Citation Index / S.T. Keating -- Qur’Ān Citation Index / S.T. Keating -- Index / S.T. Keating.