“If His Crucifixion Was Figurative As You Claim, Then So Be It”: How Two Christian Mutakallims from the Abbasid Era Used An-Nisā 4:157-158 in Dialogues with Muslims

“If His Crucifixion Was Figurative As You Claim, Then So Be It”: How Two Christian Mutakallims from the Abbasid Era Used An-Nisā 4:157-158 in Dialogues with MuslimsJournal 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/7WFANVVU/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Najib GeorgeAwad“If His Crucifixion Was Figurative As You Claim, Then So Be It”: How Two Christian Mutakallims from the Abbasid Era Used An-Nisā 4:157-158 in Dialogues with Muslimshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/7WFANVVUhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/7WFANVVUhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/7WFANVVUJournal of Eastern Christian Studies68:1-2201653-80This is a study of two examples from the Abbasid age on a debate on the crucifixion of Jesus in the early dialogues between Christians and Muslims. It focuses specifically on how Timothy I and Theodore Abū Qurrah understand the Christian theology of the cross in the light of the Qurān’s denial of the crucifixion of the Messiah in surat an-Nisā 4:157-158. Many others have reflected on how early Christian mutakallims tried to deal with the Qurān’s denial of the crucifixion. Yet the interpretation of surah 4:157-158 in the text of al-Muĝādalah in al-Ma'mūn’s court and in Timothy’s conversation with the caliph al-Mahdī are two very interesting demonstrations of some of the hermeneutical and (theo)logical strategies Christians opted for to make the Christian belief in the crucifixion understandable for Muslims. Awad, Najib George. “‘If His Crucifixion Was Figurative As You Claim, Then So Be It’: How Two Christian Mutakallims from the Abbasid Era Used An-Nisā 4:157-158 in Dialogues with Muslims.” Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 68:1-2 (2016): 53–80. Najib George Awad, ‘If His Crucifixion Was Figurative As You Claim, Then So Be It’: How Two Christian Mutakallims from the Abbasid Era Used An-Nisā 4:157-158 in Dialogues with Muslims,” Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 68:1-2 (2016): 53–80.ChristologyCrucifixionIX CEMuslim-Christian relationsNestoriansQuranTimothy IVII-XVIII CEpolemic