Christians and the Arabic Qur’ān: Prooftexting, Polemics, and Intertwined Scriptures

Christians and the Arabic Qur’ān: Prooftexting, Polemics, and Intertwined ScripturesIntellectual History of the Islamicate WorldSyriaca.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/LFM8AHNR/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Sidney HarrisonGriffithChristians and the Arabic Qur’ān: Prooftexting, Polemics, and Intertwined Scriptureshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/LFM8AHNRhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/LFM8AHNRhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/LFM8AHNRIntellectual History of the Islamicate World2:1-22014243-266Christians living in the World of Islam have had a lively interaction with the Qurʾān ever since it became widely available in the Arabic-speaking milieu of Umayyad and Abbasid times. This article discusses the multifaceted aspects of this interaction as they are disclosed in texts written by Christians in Greek, Syriac, and Arabic from the eighth through the thirteenth centuries. Christian writers quoted from the Islamic scripture, imitated its diction and style, wrote polemics against it, used its words and phrases as proof texts in their own apologetic texts, and appealed to the religious authority of the Qurʾān for its probative value. In many ways the Qurʾān effectively structured Christian religious discourse in Arabic and this article explores some of the ways this was the case.‬ Griffith, Sidney Harrison. “Christians and the Arabic Qur’ān: Prooftexting, Polemics, and Intertwined Scriptures.” Intellectual History of the Islamicate World 2:1-2 (2014): 243–66. Sidney Harrison Griffith, Christians and the Arabic Qur’ān: Prooftexting, Polemics, and Intertwined Scriptures, Intellectual History of the Islamicate World 2:1-2 (2014): 243–66.Arab ChristiansJacobitesMuslim-Christian relationsNestoriansQuranVII-XVIII CEapologeticspolemic