The Development of Testimony Collections in Early Christian Apologetics with Islam

The Development of Testimony Collections in Early Christian Apologetics with Islam Biblia Arabica Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Ronny Vollandt Ronny Vollandt Nathan P. Gibson Nathan P. Gibson rvollandt Peter Tarras Record added to Zotero by Nathan P. Gibson Record edited in Zotero by rvollandt Primary editing by Peter Tarras Biblia Arabica https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/IMXCU2DV/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record. David Bertaina David Thomas The Development of Testimony Collections in Early Christian Apologetics with Islam https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/IMXCU2DV https://www.zotero.org/groups/biblia_arabica/items/IMXCU2DV https://www.zotero.org/groups/538215/items/IMXCU2DV Leiden/Boston Brill 2007 151-174 Examines the testimony collections in the Arabic version of the debate between Timothy I. and the Caliph al-Mahdī, in Theodore Abū Qurra's debate with Caliph al-Maʾmūn and the anonymous <i>On the Triune Nature of God</i> (MS Sinai Arabic 154). Arabic testimony collections are compared to the earlier Greek and Latin traditions. The study concludes that the apologetic strategies of these earlier traditions are adapted to the new challenge of Islam. Furthermore, polemical texts increasingly draw on quotations from the Quran. The material under study does not point in the direction of already existing Arabic testimony collections. Quoting Gen 1:26; 49:10; 49:10-11; Ex 15:25; Num 21:9; Jer 1:5; 11:19; 31:31-34; Joel 2:28-29; 2:30-31; 2:31; 2:32a: Hab 2:3; 2 Sam 7:12; 22:10-11; 1 Chr 17:11; Mal 4:4-5 (3:23-4); Ps 2:7; 2:7-8; 15:10; 21(22):17-19; (16-18); 32(33):6; 46:6; 67:19; 72:17; 79(80):2; 80:1; 85(86):12; 103(104):30; 107:20; 108:3; 117(118):26-7; 118(119):89; Prov 3:12; Lam 3:4; 30:30; Is 7:14a; 7:14b; 7:14; 9:6; 21:2; 21:7; 21:9; 35:3-4; 35:4-6; 35:5-6; 40:8; 50:6; 53:5; 53:8; 63:9; 64:1; Dan 2:32-33; 2:34-35; 7:5-6; 7:13-14; 9:25; 9:26; Zech 9:9; 13:6-7; Matt 3:11; 6:9; 11:13; 28:19; 27:51-52; Mk 13:25; Lk 1:13-17; 3:16; Jn 1:1; 1:4; 1:27; 1:29; 10:17-18; 14:26; 15:26; 16:13-15; 16:14; 17:5; 16:20; Acts 2:1-4; 1 Cor 2:10; 2 Cor 4:6. Bertaina, David. “The Development of Testimony Collections in Early Christian Apologetics with Islam.” In The Bible in Arab Christianity, edited by David Thomas, 151–74. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2007. 1 Chronicles 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians 2 Samuel Acts Daniel Exodus Genesis Habakkuk Isaiah Jeremiah Joel John Lamentations Luke Malachi Mark Matthew Numbers Proverbs Psalms Zechariah Sinai St. Catherine's Monastery Ar. 154 Sinai St. Catherine’s Monastery Ar. 151 Sinai St. Catherine’s Monastery Ar. 72 Vatican Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Ar. 13 New Testament Old Testament Christian East Syriac Melkite Acts Chronicles Gospels Pauline Epistles Pentateuch Prophets Proverbs Psalms Biblical quotations in Christian Arabic writings On the Triune Nature of God Testimonia Theodore Abū Qurra Timothy I