| Muslim-Christian Polemic During the Crusades: The Letter from the People of Cyprus and Ibn Abī Ṭālib Al-Dimashqī's Response Contributor(s): Ebied, Rifaat (Editor), David, Thomas (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004135898 ISBN-13: 9789004135895 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $182.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Arabic Published: March 2005 Annotation: This volume comprises an edition and English translation of the response in Arabic made by the fourteenth century scholar Ibn Ab? ??lib al-Dimashq? to a Letter sent to him by anonymous Christians from Cyprus. The Christian letter was also sent to al-Dimashq?'s contemporary Ibn Taymiyya, and this response is thus a parallel to Ibn Taymiyya's "Al-jaw?b al-?a???. In their Letter the Christians subtly suggest that the Qur'an supports Christian doctrines. Al-Dimashq? replies with a comprehensive series of elaborate and wide-ranging arguments that incorporate not only themes familiar from earlier polemical works but also his own original points. His response is thus an important source of information about the development of Muslim interfaith attitudes, and a significant example of polemic in the later medieval period. The edition presents the two parts of this correspondence in parallel Arabic and English versions, together with an extensive introduction, textual notes and commentary. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Comparative Religion |
| Dewey: 261.270 |
| LCCN: 2004058526 |
| Series: History of Christian-Muslim Relations |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.42" W x 9.56" (2.36 lbs) 524 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This volume comprises an edition and English translation of the response in Arabic made by the fourteenth century scholar Ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Dimashqī to a Letter sent to him by anonymous Christians from Cyprus. The Christian letter was also sent to al-Dimashqī's contemporary Ibn Taymiyya, and this response is thus a parallel to Ibn Taymiyya's Al-jawāb al-ṣaḥīḥ. In their Letter the Christians subtly suggest that the Qur'an supports Christian doctrines. Al-Dimashqī replies with a comprehensive series of elaborate and wide-ranging arguments that incorporate not only themes familiar from earlier polemical works but also his own original points. His response is thus an important source of information about the development of Muslim interfaith attitudes, and a significant example of polemic in the later medieval period. The edition presents the two parts of this correspondence in parallel Arabic and English versions, together with an extensive introduction, textual notes and commentary. |
