Orthodoxy in Arabic terms
Subtitle: a study of Theodore abu Qurrah's theology in its Islamic context
By: Najib George Awad
Series: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - tension, transmission, transformation -- v. 3
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9781614515678
Subjects: Relations; Islam; Orthodox Eastern Church
Description: "This volume presents Theodore Abu Qurrah’s apologetic Christian theology in dialogue with Islam. It explores the question of whether, in his attempt to convey orthodoxy in Arabic to the Muslim reader, Abu Qurrah diverged from creedal, doctrinal Christian theology and compromised its core content. A comprehensive study of the theology of Abu Qurrah and its relation to Islamic and pre-Islamic orthodox Melkite thought has not yet been pursued in modern scholarship. Awad addresses this gap in scholarship by offering a thorough analytic hermeneutics of Abu Qurrah’s apologetic thought, with specific attention to his theological thought on the Trinity and Christology. This study takes scholarship beyond attempts at editing and translating Abu Qurrah’s texts and offers scholars, students, and lay readers in the fields of Arabic Christianity, Byzantine theology, Christian-Muslim dialogues, and historical theology an unprecedented scientific study of Abu Qurrah’s theological mind."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 430-459) and index.