The legend of Sergius Baḥīrā
Subtitle: eastern Christian apologetics and apocalyptic in response to Islam
By: by Barbara Roggema.
Series: History of Christian-Muslim relations -- 9
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 579
ISBN-13: 9789004167308
Subjects: Legend of Baḥīrā; Apologetics -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism; Christianity and other religions -- Islam -- History; Islam -- Relations -- Christianity -- History
Other titles: Legend of Baḥīrā. Polyglot.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The legend of Sergius Bahira in the light of Christian apologetics vis-a-vis Islam; title: Muslim-Christian confrontation and counterhistory; title: The Islamic Bahira; title: The apocalypse of Bahira; title: Bahira's teachings; title: Breaking crosses; title: God's word and his spirit-Bahira's christology; title: Protection and recognition-Bahira and Q 5:82; title: The physics of heaven; title: The Qur'an against Islam; title: The legend outside the legend; title: Bahira the source; title: Bahira the heretic; title: Bahira the false witness; title: Bahira the victim; title: Jewish traditions about Bahira; title: Bahira the forecaster; title: Concluding discussion; title: Texts and translations; title: The recensions and the manuscript tradition; title: Some characteristics of the recensions; title: Textual genealogy; title: Manuscripts; title: Conspectus siglorum; title: Methodological considerations; title: The East-Syrian recension; title: The West-Syrian recension; title: The short Arabic recension; title: The long Arabic recension.