The legend of Sergius Baḥīrā: eastern Christian apologetics and apocalyptic in response to Islam
Offers editions and translations of the Syriac and Christian Arabic versions of the originally ninth-century Legend of Sergius Bar, which portrays Islam's political might as predestined but finite and its scripture and religion as derivative of Christianity
| Summary: | Offers editions and translations of the Syriac and Christian Arabic versions of the originally ninth-century Legend of Sergius Bar, which portrays Islam's political might as predestined but finite and its scripture and religion as derivative of Christianity 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. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-560) and index. - Description based on print version record |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| ISBN: | 9047441958 |