The indiculus luminosus and the creation of a ninth-century prophetic conflict between Christianity and Islam

This article reappraises a frequently misunderstood witness to relations between Christianity and Islam in ninth-century al-Andalus, the polemical "Indiculus luminosus". Written in 854 by Paulus Alvarus, a lay Christian in Umayyad Córdoba, the "Indiculus" attempts to incite oppos...

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Main Author: Sorber, Andrew (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Arc Humanities Press 2020
In: Medieval Sicily, al-Andalus, and the Maghrib
Year: 2020, Pages: 17-37
Further subjects:B Paulus Albarus (800-862) Indiculus luminosus