“That the Law of Christ Abrogates but Cannot Be Abrogated”, by Yaḥyā b. Ğarīr al-Takrītī: Text and Translation with an Introduction

“That the Law of Christ Abrogates but Cannot Be Abrogated”, by Yaḥyā b. Ğarīr al-Takrītī: Text and Translation with an IntroductionJournal of Eastern Christian 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/68MBHUXF/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Diego R.Sarrió Cucarella“That the Law of Christ Abrogates but Cannot Be Abrogated”, by Yaḥyā b. Ğarīr al-Takrītī: Text and Translation with an Introductionhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/68MBHUXFhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/68MBHUXFhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/68MBHUXFJournal of Eastern Christian Studies73:1-22021This article contributes to the study of Christian Arabic literature by providing, with an introduction, the text and translation of chapter 15 of <i>Kitāb al-muršid</i>, 'The Guidebook', by the eleventh-century Jacobite physician and scholar, Abū Naṣr Yaḥyā b. Ǧarīr al-Takrītī. In this chapter, entitled <i>Fī anna šarīʿat al-masīḫ nāsiḫa ġayr mansūḫa</i>, 'That the Law of Christ Abrogates but Cannot Be Abrogated', the author explains why the Law of Moses, while coming from God, was specific to the Israelites and provisional, and had to be abrogated by the perfect Law of Christ, intended for all nations. The chapter indirectly undermines the religious claim of Islam that Muḥammad’s religion had nullified and replaced the prior dispensations – for nothing could come after perfection and claim superior status. Sarrió Cucarella, Diego R. “‘That the Law of Christ Abrogates but Cannot Be Abrogated’, by Yaḥyā b. Ğarīr al-Takrītī: Text and Translation with an Introduction.” Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 73:1-2, no. 57–78 (2021). Diego R. Sarrió Cucarella, ‘That the Law of Christ Abrogates but Cannot Be Abrogated’, by Yaḥyā b. Ğarīr al-Takrītī: Text and Translation with an Introduction, Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 73:1-2, no. 57–78 (2021).Arab ChristiansJacobitesJewish-Christian relationsVII-XVIII CEXI CEYahya ibn Jarir al-Takritiapologeticslawprimary sources [Arabic] + English translation