Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Muslim Perceptions and Receptions of the Bible; Texts and Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2019) 113-128
Keywords:
Bible Quotations
;
Early works to 1800
;
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
;
Muslim converts from Christianity
Abstract:
In 1922, Alphonse Mingana published an English translation of the Kitāb al-Dīn wa-l-dawla by the Christian convert to Islam, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Sahl Rabban al-Ṭabarī (d. ca. 251/865), followed in 1923 by an edition of the text on the basis of the single known manuscript owned by the John Rylands Library in Manchester (MS Crawford 631). The manuscript, which had been purchased by Alexander William Crawford Lindsay (1812–1880) in 1843, is concluded by a colophon (dated 4 Muḥarram 616/March 22, 1219) stating that it was transcribed in Baghdad from an autograph rough copy of the text. Soon after...
Note:
Appeared previously in "Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations" 20 (2019) 105-118. Includes the text of the "Mafatih" in Arabic (pp. 122-128).
DOI:
10.2307/j.ctvd1c9ww.11
URL:
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