When Christians living under Muslim rule began to compose theological works in Syriac and Arabic during the first Abbasid century, about 750-850 AD, their intent was not to convert Muslims, but to reach fellow Christians who had, by that time adopted Arabic not only for day-to-day purposes, but also as an ecclesiastical language. The 11 articles, reprinted from publication between 1979 and 1997, explore such aspects as comparative religion in the apologetics, 'Ammar al-Basri's Kitab al-Burhan , the apology of Theodore Abu Qurrah, the Muslim philosopher al-Kindi and his Christian readers, and the languages of the monasteries of Palestine in the Byzantine and early Islamic periods. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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