This volume presents a critical edition of AMA 103, complete with English translation and a commentary (both in English and in Arabic). In the absence of other data, the manuscript is the unique translation of a lost homily written in 1727 by the Orthodox monk Kyr Yakubus and translated by Elias Fakhr al-Tarabulsi in 1728. There are many interesting elements in this small manuscript, such as the organization chosen by the author and the fact that the translator is well versed in Arabic, as is evident in his use of wonderful Arabic words with ample and manifold meanings, which usage brings...
This volume presents a critical edition of AMA 103, complete with English translation and a commentary (both in English and in Arabic). In the absence...
The Patriarch and the Caliph presents the famous dialogue without resolution between the third Abbasid Caliph, al-Mahdi, and the first Nestorian Patriarch, Timothy I, in Baghdad in 781 CE. The abundance of versions of this intellectually rich debate between adherents of Islam and of Christianity is a testimony to its historic importance. Of particular note is the mutual respect shown between the interlocutors in a period when Islam was the dominant political and intellectual influence in the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean worlds. This volume collates an abridged...
The Patriarch and the Caliph presents the famous dialogue without resolution between the third Abbasid Caliph, al-Mahdi, and the first Nestoria...