The Development of Testimony Collections in Early Christian Apologetics with Islam

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Preferred Citation

Bertaina, David. “The Development of Testimony Collections in Early Christian Apologetics with Islam.” In The Bible in Arab Christianity, edited by David Thomas, 151–74. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2007.

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Abstract

Examines the testimony collections in the Arabic version of the debate between Timothy I. and the Caliph al-Mahdī, in Theodore Abū Qurra's debate with Caliph al-Maʾmūn and the anonymous <i>On the Triune Nature of God</i> (MS Sinai Arabic 154). Arabic testimony collections are compared to the earlier Greek and Latin traditions. The study concludes that the apologetic strategies of these earlier traditions are adapted to the new challenge of Islam. Furthermore, polemical texts increasingly draw on quotations from the Quran. The material under study does not point in the direction of already existing Arabic testimony collections. Quoting Gen 1:26; 49:10; 49:10-11; Ex 15:25; Num 21:9; Jer 1:5; 11:19; 31:31-34; Joel 2:28-29; 2:30-31; 2:31; 2:32a: Hab 2:3; 2 Sam 7:12; 22:10-11; 1 Chr 17:11; Mal 4:4-5 (3:23-4); Ps 2:7; 2:7-8; 15:10; 21(22):17-19; (16-18); 32(33):6; 46:6; 67:19; 72:17; 79(80):2; 80:1; 85(86):12; 103(104):30; 107:20; 108:3; 117(118):26-7; 118(119):89; Prov 3:12; Lam 3:4; 30:30; Is 7:14a; 7:14b; 7:14; 9:6; 21:2; 21:7; 21:9; 35:3-4; 35:4-6; 35:5-6; 40:8; 50:6; 53:5; 53:8; 63:9; 64:1; Dan 2:32-33; 2:34-35; 7:5-6; 7:13-14; 9:25; 9:26; Zech 9:9; 13:6-7; Matt 3:11; 6:9; 11:13; 28:19; 27:51-52; Mk 13:25; Lk 1:13-17; 3:16; Jn 1:1; 1:4; 1:27; 1:29; 10:17-18; 14:26; 15:26; 16:13-15; 16:14; 17:5; 16:20; Acts 2:1-4; 1 Cor 2:10; 2 Cor 4:6.

Full Citation Information

Article

Title: The Development of Testimony Collections in Early Christian Apologetics with Islam

Author: David Bertaina

Editor: David Thomas

URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/IMXCU2DV  Link to Biblia Arabica bibliography Bibliographic Record.

Publication

Place of Publication: Leiden/Boston

Publisher: Brill

Date of Publication: 2007

Pages: 151-174

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Subject Headings

1 Chronicles  1 Corinthians  2 Corinthians  2 Samuel  Acts  Daniel  Exodus  Genesis  Habakkuk  Isaiah  Jeremiah  Joel  John  Lamentations  Luke  Malachi  Mark  Matthew  Numbers  Proverbs  Psalms  Zechariah  New Testament  Old Testament  Christian  East Syriac  Melkite  Acts  Chronicles  Gospels  Pauline Epistles  Pentateuch  Prophets  Proverbs  Psalms  Biblical quotations in Christian Arabic writings  On the Triune Nature of God  Testimonia  Theodore Abū Qurra  Timothy I 

Cited Manuscripts

Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery, Ar. 154  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 151  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 72  Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ar. 13 
 

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Editorial Responsibility:

  • Ronny Vollandt, general editor, Biblia Arabica
  • Ronny Vollandt and Nathan P. Gibson, editors, Biblia Arabica
  • Nathan P. Gibson, entry contributor, “The Development of Testimony Collections in Early Christian Apologetics with Islam”
  • rvollandt, entry contributor, “The Development of Testimony Collections in Early Christian Apologetics with Islam”
  • Peter Tarras, entry contributor, “The Development of Testimony Collections in Early Christian Apologetics with Islam”

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  • Record added to Zotero by Nathan P. Gibson
  • Record edited in Zotero by rvollandt
  • Primary editing by Peter Tarras

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