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This is a study of the intellectual history of the Andalusī Christians (alias Mozarabs) of Spain based on their Arabic and Latin polemical writings against Islam, c. 1050-1200. The first part of the book examines how these authors drew on earlier Oriental Arab-Christian theology, twelfth-century Latin-Christian theology, and the foundational texts of Islam itself -- the Qur'ān and ḥadīt -- for polemical purposes. The second part is a critical edition and English translation of the most important source, the Liber denudationis siue ostensionis aut...

Reading the Qur'ān in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560 Thomas E. Burman Winner of the 2007 Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History "Superbly documented and highly convincing."--TLS "This book is a tour de force of interdisciplinary scholarship that deserves a wide readership among medievalists and Islamicists alike."--American Historical Review "Singularly original both in the kinds of sources it uses and in its analyses and conclusions. . . . A major contribution that will change the way medieval and Renaissance history of Muslim-Christian relations is written."--Dimitri...

The Mediterranean and Western-European sphere in the Ancient, Medieval and Early-Modern Periods was a world of complex and deeply rooted religious Pluralism - Jews, various sects of Christians, Muslims, and pagans all lived side by side and interacted regularly. The essays in this volume explore what happened when Christians read the Bible faced with the challenges posed by this religious pluralism. Topics covered include early Christianity's use of the Bible under persecution, Arab-Christian Biblical study within the Islamic World, Jewish-Christian scholarly interaction in the...