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 |
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De Gruyter
[2019]
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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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