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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.BertJacobsSyriac Testimonies against the Muslims: The Qur’ānic and Extra-Qur’ānic Quotations in Dionysius bar Ṣalībī’s <i>Disputation against the Arabs</i>http://syriaca.org/cbss/7AEI4JG9https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/7AEI4JG9https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/7AEI4JG92021The treatise Against the Arabs (<i>Luqbal Ṭayyōyē</i>) provides us with an exceptional source for the assessment of Christian-Muslim relations during a period of Syriac literary revival. Belonging to a larger polemic work of Dionysius Bar Salibi (d. 1171), a prolific writer and Syriac Orthodox "Jacobite" bishop, this treatise is the longest, most comprehensive and latest in the tradition of Syriac Christian-Muslim dispute texts. The document is made all the more unique by the fact that it contains not only a considerable amount of information on early Islamic history and internal Muslim divisions, but also large fragments of the Qur'an which exhibit variants from the received version. A study of the treatise's content and its sources in light of previous dispute texts, as well as its literary and historical context, is needed for a better understanding of its significance in the history of Christian-Muslim relations. Furthermore, insight into the Qur'anic source could also shed new light on the textual history of the Qur'an, since it has been suggested that Dionysius used a Syriac translation of a pre-standardized version of the Qur'an. Additionally, Dionysius wrote this refutation of Islam during the Syriac Renaissance, a period generally characterized by its positive intra-Christian and Christian-Muslim dynamics. Therefore a study of his views towards both Islam and other Christians could also provide a more nuanced understanding of both features.
Jacobs, Bert. “Syriac Testimonies against the Muslims: The Qur’ānic and Extra-Qur’ānic Quotations in Dionysius Bar Ṣalībī’s Disputation against the Arabs.” Ph.D. dissertation, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2021.
Bert Jacobs, Syriac Testimonies against the Muslims: The Qur’ānic and Extra-Qur’ānic Quotations in Dionysius Bar Ṣalībī’s Disputation against the Arabs” (Ph.D. dissertation, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2021).Dionysius bar SalibhiIslamJacobitesMuslim-Christian relationsQuranVII-XVIII CEXII CEpolemicquotationstestimonia