Medieval Encounters: Arabic-speaking Christians and Islam Ibrahim Ayman S.
Medieval Encounters: Arabic-speaking Christians and Islam Ibrahim Ayman S. The study of medieval Christian Arabic texts interacting with Islam is a steadily growing scholarly field. How did early…
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Medieval Encounters: Arabic-speaking Christians and Islam Ibrahim Ayman S.
The study of medieval Christian Arabic texts interacting with Islam is a steadily growing scholarly field. How did early Arabic-speaking Christians respond to the Islamic claims against the Bible, the Trinity, and the incarnation? Numerous unedited Christian Arabic texts, covering a variety of fascinating topics, await deeper analysis and study.
How did these theologians employ Arabic to defend their faith and its tenets? How did these Christians view Islam, Muḥammad, and the Qur'ān? To what extent were Christians able to advance the Christian belief of a Triune God in opposition to the Islamic view of strict monotheism?
Can today's Church, particularly in the West, benefit in any way from the earliest arguments articulated, developed, and advanced by these medieval Arabic-speaking Christians? These questions, and many more, are at the heart of this important volume. This