Read Eastern Christian Texts: The Caliph Al-Mahdi and the Patriarch Timothy I : An Eigth-Century Interreligious Dialogue in DOC, FB2
9780842529891 0842529896 "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 sixteenth-century Arabic version based on Timothy I s Syriac original. Parallel English translations accompany the Arabic. Including annotations, indexes, glossaries, and bibliographies to further assist the reader, "The Patriarch and the Caliph" reveals important insights into the complex relationship between two historical figures, and through them, two major world religions.", This book records the 781 AD dialogue between the third Abbasid Caliph, al-Mahdi, and Timothy I, the first Nestorian Patriarch in Baghdad. It includes background on the long history of this work¿s preservation and translation into modern languages. The Caliph bases his questions on the Quran and Muslim tradition, and he proved to be familiar with Muslim apologetics and their use of passages from the Old and New Testaments. Though Timothy is a Nestorian bishop, all of his answers about the two natures and one person in Christ follow the early Councils of the Church that dealt with these questions. This volume presents the carefully edited Arabic text on facing pages with an annotated English translation. An index and bibliography are also included.
9780842529891 0842529896 "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 sixteenth-century Arabic version based on Timothy I s Syriac original. Parallel English translations accompany the Arabic. Including annotations, indexes, glossaries, and bibliographies to further assist the reader, "The Patriarch and the Caliph" reveals important insights into the complex relationship between two historical figures, and through them, two major world religions.", This book records the 781 AD dialogue between the third Abbasid Caliph, al-Mahdi, and Timothy I, the first Nestorian Patriarch in Baghdad. It includes background on the long history of this work¿s preservation and translation into modern languages. The Caliph bases his questions on the Quran and Muslim tradition, and he proved to be familiar with Muslim apologetics and their use of passages from the Old and New Testaments. Though Timothy is a Nestorian bishop, all of his answers about the two natures and one person in Christ follow the early Councils of the Church that dealt with these questions. This volume presents the carefully edited Arabic text on facing pages with an annotated English translation. An index and bibliography are also included.