The Pagan Origin of Christmas According to ʿAbd al-Jabbār's Tathbīt
The Tathbīt dalāʾil al-nubuwwa of the chief qāḍī of Rayy ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-Hamadhānī (d. 1024 or 1025) contains a lengthy digression asserting early Christianity's gradual corruption by the pagan Romans. One of the Muʿtazilī theologian's most striking claims regards the origin of Christma...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Der Islam
Year: 2019, Volume: 96, Issue: 1, Pages: 10-41 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
ʿAbd-al-Ǧabbār Ibn-Aḥmad 936-1025, Taṯbīt dalāʾil an-nubūwa
/ Christmas
/ Roman Empire
/ Religion
/ Paganism
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| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Christmas
B Ḥarrān B Byzantium B ʿAbd al-Jabbār B Christian-Muslim relations B Muʿtazilism |
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