The polemical works of 'Ali al-Tabari
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Author
Contributions
- Ebied, R. Y., editor - Contributor
- Thomas, David (David Richard), 1948- editor - Contributor
- Ṭabarī, ʻAlī ibn Sahl Rabbān, active 9th century - Contributor
Publication
2016 - Brill Academic Pub, Boston, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
125,000 words, Guess
Page Count
500 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL30401700M
- ISBN-139789004309159
- OCLC Control Number924636625
- Library of Congress Control Number2015043259
Classifications
- DDC297.2/93
- LCCBP166.5 .T313 2016
- LCCBP166.5
and 1 more
- LCCBP166.5.T313 2016
Description
"Acknowledged as a leading medical expert in his day, and secretary to a succession of caliphs in the mid-ninth century, the Nestorian Christian ʿAlī ibn Rabban al-Ṭabarī converted to Islam around the age of 70. He then wrote Radd ʿalā l-Naṣārā, a recantation of his former faith, and Kitāb al-dīn wa-l-dawla, a defence of the Prophet Muḥammad based substantially on biblical proof-texts. The range of arguments he produced against the soundness of his former faith in these two works influenced sections of Islamic scholarship for many centuries. These new editions and translations of his works are based on all the available evidence for the texts, accompanied by extensive introductions and studies of their place in Islamic thought."--
Subjects
Series Statement
- History of Christian-Muslim relations -- 27
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