The legend of Sergius Baḥīrā : eastern Christian apologetics and apocalyptic in response to Islam / by Roggema, Barbara

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.…”
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Defending the "people of truth" in the early Islamic period : the Christian apologies of Abū Rā̕̕iṭah / by Keating, Sandra Toenies

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: A Ninth-Century Defense of Christian Doctrine -- Christians and the Rise of Islam -- Christian Apologetic under Islamic Rule -- Islamization and Conversion from Christianity -- Arabic: The New Lingua Franca -- Arabic Christian Apology and Theological Debate -- Abu Ra'itah Al-Takriti, the Jacobite (c. 775-c. 835) -- Name -- Date -- Ecclesiastical Status -- A Christian Mutakallim -- Conclusion -- Writings -- Genres -- Topics -- Addressees and Opponents -- Translation Method -- Manuscripts -- Extant Manuscripts -- List of Known Writings -- I.A Risalah of Abu Ra'itah Al-Takriti on the Proof of the Christian Religion and the Proof of the Holy Trinity -- Introduction -- Content and Context -- Addressee and Date -- Translation and Arabic Text -- II. …”
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