Christian-Muslim Relations

Primary Sources 600 - 1914
Herausgeber: Thomas, David

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This three-volume reference work brings together over 400 extracts from the major writings left by Christians and Muslims that reflect their knowledge of one another and the attitudes that gradually developed. Many of them appear in English for the first time. Texts and topics range from theological and legal treatises, scientific studies, travelogues, commercial contracts, captivity narratives, martyrologies, plays and novels. The breadth and diversity in genres and languages represented makes this the most comprehensive resource in the field. Each volume is divided into the following sections: Volume 1 (600 - 1500): Muslim Arabic works; Christian Arabic works; Andalusian Arabic works; Syriac, Armenian, Persian and other Eastern language works; Greek works; Latin and European vernacular works Volume 2 (1500 - 1700): Works from North and Western Europe; Eastern Europe; Southern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa; East, South and South East Asia; Africa; the Americas Volume 3 (1700 - 1914): Works from Africa and the Americas; Eastern Europe; Western Europe; the Middle East and North Africa; East, South and South East Asia. Introductions are provided to each section as well as each extract. Biographical information is included, along with notes and suggestions for further reading. The collection contains specially prepared translations, as well as 20 illustrations and 1 map.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 258mm x 180mm x 87mm
• Gewicht: 2792g
• ISBN-13: 9781350233300
• ISBN-10: 1350233307
• Artikelnr.: 70452582

Autorenporträt

David Thomas is Emeritus Professor of Christianity and Islam at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and director of Christian-Muslims Relations, a Bibliographical History, a project that traces the history of engagement between the two faiths in the period 600-1914.

Inhaltsangabe

Volume 1: Textual Sources in Christian-Muslim Relations
600 - 1500 Edited by David Thomas
University of Birmingham
UK List of Contributors General Introduction
David Thomas (University of Birmingham
UK) 1. Muslim Arabic works Introduction
David Thomas (University of Birmingham
UK) 2. Christian Arabic works Introduction
David Thomas (University of Birmingham
UK) 3. Iberian Arabic works Introduction
Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala (University of Cordoba
Spain) 4. Greek works Introduction
Johannes Pahlitzsch (University of Mainz
Germany) 5. Works in Syriac
Persian and other languages Introduction
Thomas Carlson (Oklahoma State University
USA) 6. Works in Latin and Romance languages Introduction
Graham Barrett (University of Lincoln
UK) Glossary Index Volume 2: Textual Sources in Christian-Muslim Relations
1500 - 1700 Edited by Martha Frederiks
Utrecht University
the Netherlands List of Contributors General Introduction
Martha Frederiks (Utrecht University
the Netherlands) 1. Works from the Middle East and North Africa Introduction
Umar Ryad (KU Leuven
Belgium) 2. Works from Southern Europe Introduction
Luis Bernabé Pons (University of Alicante
Spain) 3. Works from Central and Eastern Europe Introduction
Stanislaw Grodz (Anthropos Institute
Sankt Augustin
Germany) 4. Works from Northern Europe Introduction
Clinton Bennett (State University of New York at New Paltz
USA) 5. Works from Asia Introduction
Douglas Pratt (University of Auckland
New Zealand) 6. Works from Africa Introduction
Martha Frederiks (Utrecht University
the Netherlands) 7. Works from the Americas Introduction
Martha Frederiks (Utrecht University
the Netherlands) Glossary Index Volume 3: Textual Sources in Christian-Muslim Relations 1700 - 1914 Edited by Clinton Bennett
SUNY
USA List of Contributors General Introduction
Clinton Bennett
(State University of New York at New Pfaltz
USA) 1. Works from the Middle East and North Africa Introduction
Umar Ryad (KU Leuven
Belgium) 2. Works from Southern Europe Introduction
Clinton Bennett
(State University of New York at New Pfaltz
USA) 3. Works from Central and Eastern Europe Introduction
Stanislaw Grodz (Anthropos Institute
Sankt Augustin
Germany) 4. Works from Northern Europe Introduction
Clinton Bennett
(State University of New York at New Pfaltz
USA) 5. Works from Asia and Oceania Introduction
Douglas Pratt (University of Auckland
New Zealand) 6. Works from Africa Introduction
Martha Frederiks (Utrecht University
the Netherlands) 7. Works from the Americas Introduction
David Grafton (Hartford Seminary
USA) Glossary Index