Orthodoxy in Arabic terms : a study of Theodore abu Qurrah's theology in its Islamic context /
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Boston :
De Gruyter,
[2015]
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| Series: | Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - tension, transmission, transformation ;
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: I. On Theodore Abu Qurrah, the Melkite Bishop of Harran
- II. Abu Qurrah in this Study: Going beyond Mere Apologetics
- III. Outline of the Volume and Abu Qurrah's Works
- pt. One Historical and Religious Settings
- ch. One "If Indeed They Were Known At All": Christians' Attitudes towards Islam
- I. Dawn of the Arabs' `Invasion' in the Eyes of Christians
- II. Between Social and Cultural Appraisal and Simply Seeking to Survive
- III. From Social Indifference to Apologetic Reaction
- IV. Conclusion
- ch. Two Abu Qurrah and the Christian Apologetics of the Melkite Church
- I. From Emperor to Caliph: The End of Christian Triumphalism
- II. Christian Response to Islam and the Beginning of Apologetics
- III. Melkite Church in the Land of Islam: The Birth of Arabic Theology
- IV. Theodore Abu Qurrah as an Apologetic Mutakallim: Remarks on Style
- V. Towards a `Positive' Orthodox Apologetic: On Being a Mutakallim after Abu Qurrah
- pt. Two Dogmatic Framework of Abu Qurrah's Orthodoxy
- ch. Three From Nicene Trinitarian Trends to Chalcedonian Christological Terminology
- I. Introduction
- II. On Hypostasis in Greek Trinitarian Terminology
- III. On Qnoma in Syriac Trinitarian Terminology
- IV. Using Trinitarian Ontology in Re-reading Christological Terminology
- V. Conclusion
- ch. Four Theodore Abu Qurrah's Trinitarian Theology, or Orthodoxy in Dialogue with Muslim Monotheism
- I. Introduction
- II. Abu Qurrah's Trinitarian Theology in al-Mujadalah
- A. On Shirk and the Allegory of `Intellect'
- B. When Oneness Prevails over Trinitarian Unity
- III. Abu Qurrah's Trinitarian Theology in His Maymar on the Trinity
- A. Theological Argument of the Maymar
- B. Some Remarks on the Trinitarian Terminology
- IV. Abu Qurrah and the Melkites' Trinitarian Legacy
- A. John of Damascus and the Trinity
- B. Maximus the Confessor and the Trinity
- C. Abu Qurrah's Trinitarian Theology: Confession or Innovation?
- V. Conclusion
- ch. Five Theodore Abu Qurrah's Christological Discourse and the Muslims' Jesus
- I. When `Jesus the Son of God' and 'Isa Ibn Maryam' Collided
- II. On Jesus as Kalimat Allah' and Ruh Minhu
- A. On Using the Terms `God's Word' and `Spirit' in Christian and Muslim Kalam
- B. Abu Qurrah's Use of `God's Word' and `Spirit' in al-Mujadalah and Other Maymars
- III. Jesus' Divine Sonship and the Muslim God, Who `Lam Yalid Wa-Lam Yulad'
- A. God's Taking a Child unto Himself in the Qur'an and Kalam
- B. Abu Qurrah's Defense of Jesus' Divine Sonship before the Muslims
- IV. Incarnation in Abu Qurrah's Christology
- A. Incarnation between Tajassud/Ta'nnus and Hulul
- B. On the Incarnation as Hulul in Abu Qurrah's Apologies
- V. Abu Qurrah and Melkite/Chalcedonian Christological Orthodoxy
- A. Some Christological Views from John of Damascus
- B. Some Christological Views from Maximus the Confessor
- C. Abu Qurrah's Christology and the Melkite Tradition: Concurrence or Divergence?
- VI. Conclusion.