ISBN:
9789004451216
,
9789004100343
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
1996
Series Statement:
Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies 22
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Muslim Writers on Judaism and the Hebrew Bible : From Ibn Rabban to Ibn Hazm
Keywords:
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
;
Judaism Relations
;
Islam
Abstract:
Muslim Writers on Judaism and the Hebrew Bible deals with the way in which Judaism and its holy scriptures were viewed by nine medieval Muslim writers representing different genres of Arabic literature: Ibn Rabban al-ṭabarī, Ibn Qutayba, al-Ya'qūbī, Abū Ja'far al-ṭabarī, al-Mas'ūdī, al-Maqdisī, al-Bāqillānī, al-Bīrūnī and Ibn ḥazm. After an introductory chapter on the reception of Biblical materials in early Islam and a presentation of the authors under review, the book focuses on their knowledge of Judaism and the text of the Hebrew Bible, and subsequently discusses issues frequently debated between Muslims and Jews, namely, the claim that the Torah contains references to Muḥammad, and the assertion that the Torah has been both abrogated and falsified. In the appendix, texts by Ibn Qutayba and al-Maqdisī are offered for the first time in an English translation
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004451216
