Apologetic Aspect of the Medieval ‘Nestorian’ Encyclopedic Work “The Tower” (<i>Kitāb al-maǧdal</i>): The Chapters on Love (<i>al-maḥabba</i>) and Purity (<i>aṭ-ṭahāra</i>)RSUH/RGGU Bulletin, Series: History, Philology, Cultural Studies, Oriental StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/DCRMBQEL/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Nikolai NikolaevichSeleznyovApologetic Aspect of the Medieval ‘Nestorian’ Encyclopedic Work “The Tower” (<i>Kitāb al-maǧdal</i>): The Chapters on Love (<i>al-maḥabba</i>) and Purity (<i>aṭ-ṭahāra</i>)http://syriaca.org/cbss/DCRMBQELhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/DCRMBQELhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/DCRMBQELRSUH/RGGU Bulletin, Series: History, Philology, Cultural Studies, Oriental Studies320159-20The present article provides some interesting examples of how Christian apologetic discourse was developed within the framework of the ‘Nestorian’ theological encyclopedia written in Arabic in the medieval Mesopotamia. The author illustrates his treatise on love with examples of the Prophets who forgot self, in particular, Abraham and Job (cf. Qurʾān 38) and, finally, refers to Christ’s self-sacrifice. In the chapter on purity, he emphasizes clothing in wool of those who practiced asceticism thus implicitly connecting Muslim Sufis (Arabic taṣawwuf is commonly derived from ṣūf ‘wool’) to the Biblical and Christian ascetics. The research is based on the Paris manuscript of the Kitāb al- maǧdal – BnF ar. 190.
Seleznyov, Nikolai Nikolaevich. “Apologetic Aspect of the Medieval ‘Nestorian’ Encyclopedic Work ‘The Tower’ (Kitāb al-maǧdal): The Chapters on Love (al-maḥabba) and Purity (aṭ-ṭahāra).” RSUH/RGGU Bulletin, Series: History, Philology, Cultural Studies, Oriental Studies 3 (2015): 9–20.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Seleznyov, Apologetic Aspect of the Medieval ‘Nestorian’ Encyclopedic Work ‘The Tower’ (Kitāb al-maǧdal): The Chapters on Love (al-maḥabba) and Purity (aṭ-ṭahāra),” RSUH/RGGU Bulletin, Series: History, Philology, Cultural Studies, Oriental Studies 3 (2015): 9–20.Arab ChristiansJewish-Christian relationsKitab al-majdalNestoriansOld TestamentVII-XVIII CEXI CEapologeticsasceticismdressprophets