The Bible in Arab Christianity
The
contributions to this volume, which come from the Fifth Mingana
Symposium, survey the use of the Bible and attitudes towards it in the
early and classical Islamic periods. The authors explore such themes as
early Christian translations of the Bible into Arabic, the use of verses
from it to defend the truth of Christianity, to interpret the
significance of Islam and to prove its error, Muslim accusations of
corruption of the Bible, and the influences that affected production of
Bibles in Muslims lands. The volume illustrates the centrality of the
Bible to Arab Christians as a source of authority and information about
their experiences under Islam, and the importance of upholding its
authenticity in the face of Muslim criticisms.
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