A Muslim Theologian in the Sectarian Milieu

ʿabd Al-Jabbār and the Critique of Christian Origins
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-90-04-13961-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 56, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 735 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

In 385 AH/AD 995 the Qadi ‘Abd al-Jabbar, well known for his Mu‘tazili theological writings, wrote the Confirmation of the Proofs of Prophecy, a work that includes a creative polemic against Christianity. ‘Abd al-Jabbar reinterprets the Bible, Church history (especially the lives of Paul and Constantine) and Christian practice to argue that Christians changed the Islamic religion of Jesus.
The present work begins with an examination of the controversial theory that this polemic was borrowed from an unkown Judaeo-Christian group. The author argues that ‘Abd al-Jabbar's polemic is better understood as a response to his particular milieu and the on-going inter-religious debates of the medieval Islamic world. By examining the life and thought of ‘Abd al-Jabbar, along with the Islamic, Christian and Jewish antecedants to his polemic, the author uncovers the intimate relationship between sectarian controversy and the development of an Islamic doctrine on Christianity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reynolds, Gabriel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Gabriel Said Reynolds, Ph.D. (2003) in Islamic Studies, Yale University, is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies and Theology at Notre Dame University. He works on Islamic origins and Christianity and has published Jesus, the Qâ’im, and the End of the World and Saint Thomas’ Islamic Challenges: Reflections on the Antiochene Questions.