Muslim Exegesis of the Bible in Medieval Cairo
Subtitle: Najm Al-Dn Al-F's  Commentary on the Christian Scriptures - A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation with an Introduction
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9789004243163
Subjects: Bible, commentaries; Christianity and other religions, islam; Islam, relations, christianity
Description: "Najm al-Dīn al-Ṭūfī’s (d. 716/1316) extraordinary commentary on the Christian scriptures has not received the scholarly attention it deserves. Illustrating the way in which the Bible was read, interpreted and used as a proof-text in the construction of early 14th century Muslim views of Christianity, his al-Ta‘līq ‘alā al-Anājīl al-arba‘a wa-al-ta‘līq ‘alā al-Tawrāh wa-‘alā ghayrihā min kutub al-anbiyā’ (Critical Commentary on the Four Gospels, the Torah and other Books of the Prophets) is an invaluable treasure for the study of Muslim-Christian dialogue and its history. In Muslim Exegesis of the Bible in Medieval Cairo, Lejla Demiri makes this important and unusual work available for the first time in a scholarly edition and English translation, with a full introduction that places Ṭūfī in his intellectual context"--P. [4] of cover.