An edition of The legend of Sergius Baḥīrā (2008)

The legend of Sergius Baḥīrā

eastern Christian apologetics and apocalyptic in response to Islam

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An edition of The legend of Sergius Baḥīrā (2008)

The legend of Sergius Baḥīrā

eastern Christian apologetics and apocalyptic in response to Islam

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Brill
Language
English
Pages
579

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Leiden, Boston
Series
History of Christian-Muslim relations -- 9
Other Titles
Legend of Baḥīrā. Polyglot.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
239/.9
Library of Congress
BT1170 .R62 2008, BT1170.R62 2009, BT1170 .R62 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
579

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22679366M
Internet Archive
legendsergiusbah00rogg
ISBN 13
9789004167308
LCCN
2008047447
OCLC/WorldCat
228369894
Library Thing
8727423

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