Christian apocalyptic texts in Islamic messianic discourse
Subtitle: the 'Christian chapter' of the Jāvidān-nāma-yi kabīr by Faḍl Allāh Astarābādī (d. 796/1394)
By: by Orkhan Mir-Kasimov
Series: History of Christian-Muslim relations -- volume 30; History of Christian-Muslim relations -- v. 30
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng; ara
Translated from: ara
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9789004328662
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Islamic interpretations; Islam; Relations; Christianity; Christianity and other religions; Interfaith relations; Islamic interpretations of sacred works; Bible
Other titles: 'Christian chapter' of the Jāvidān-nāma-yi kabīr by Faḍl Allāh Astarābādī (d. 796/1394)
Description: "In Christian Apocalyptic Texts in Islamic Messianic Discourse Orkhan Mir-Kasimov offers an account of the interpretation of these Christian texts by Faḍl Allāh Astarābādī (d. 796/1394), the founder of a mystical and messianic movement which was influential in medieval Iran and Anatolia. This interpretation can be situated within the tradition of ‘positive’ Muslim hermeneutics of the Christian and Jewish scriptures which was particularly developed in Shıīʿī and especially Ismaīʿlī circles. Faḍl Allāh incorporates the Christian apocalyptic texts into an Islamic eschatological context, combining them with Qurʾān and ḥadīth material. In addition to an introductory study, the book contains a critical edition and an English translation of the relevant passages from Faḍl Allāh’s magnum opus, the Jāvidān-nāma-yi kabīr."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-183) and indexes.

Text in Arabic with English translation on facing pages; critical matter in English.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Muslim approaches to the exegesis of Jewish and Christian texts; title: The Jāvidān-nāma of Faḍl Allāh Astarābādī and its hermeneutical theory; title: The 'Christian chapter' of the Jāvidān-nāma and its sources; title: Summary of the Christian chapter; title: Conclusion; title: Critical edition and translation; title: Notes on the critical edition, manuscripts and translation; title: The Text of the ‘Christian chapter’ and its translation; title: Astarābādī vocabulary .