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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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter /
  • Rifaat Ebied and David Thomas
  • ʿAlī ibn Rabban al-Ṭabarī, Fragments of a Life /
  • Rifaat Ebied and David Thomas
  • The Manuscripts and Language of ʿAlī al-Ṭabarī's Polemical Works /
  • Rifaat Ebied and David Thomas
  • Al-radd ʿalā l-Naṣārā, Introduction /
  • Rifaat Ebied and David Thomas
  • The Refutation of the Christians /
  • Rifaat Ebied and David Thomas
  • Kitāb al-dīn wa-l-dawla, Introduction /
  • Rifaat Ebied and David Thomas
  • The Book of Religion and Empire /
  • Rifaat Ebied and David Thomas
  • Bibliography /
  • Rifaat Ebied and David Thomas
  • Indexes /
  • Rifaat Ebied and David Thomas.