The polemical works of 'Ali al-Tabari /

The polemical works of 'Ali al-Tabari /

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...

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Main Author: Ṭabarī, ʻAlī ibn Sahl Rabbān, active 9th century.

Other Authors: Ebied, R. Y., Thomas, David 1948-

Format: eBook

Language: English
Arabic

Published: Boston ; Leiden : Brill, [2016]

Series: The History of Christian-Muslim Relations 27.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303935.

Subjects:

Muḥammad, > Prophet, > -632 > Prophetic office.
Islam > Apologetic works > Early works to 1800.
Christianity > Controversial literature > Early works to 1800.

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Call Number: BP166.5

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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004309555
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