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Cover 1 Title Page, Copyright, Dedication 2 Contents 8 List of Illustrations 10 Preface 12 INTRODUCTION 16 CHAPTER I: The Bible in Pre-Islamic Arabia 22 CHAPTER II: The Bible in the Arabic Qur'ￄﾁn 69 CHAPTER III: The Earliest Translations of the Bible into Arabic 112 CHAPTER IV: Christian Translations of the Bible into Arabic 142 CHAPTER V: Jewish Translations of the Bible into Arabic 170 CHAPTER VI: Muslims and the Bible in Arabic 190 CHAPTER VII: Intertwined Scriptures 219 Bibliography 232 Index 262 Publisher:Princeton University Press,Published:2013,ISBN:9781400846580,Related ISBN:9780691150826,Language:English,OCLC:847007927 From the first centuries of Islam to well into the Middle Ages, Jews and Christians produced hundreds of manuscripts containing portions of the Bible in Arabic. Until recently, however, these translations remained largely neglected by Biblical scholars and historians. In telling the story of the Bible in Arabic, this book casts light on a crucial transition in the cultural and religious life of Jews and Christians in Arabic-speaking lands. In pre-Islamic times, Jewish and Christian scriptures circulated orally in the Arabic-speaking milieu. After the rise o
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- Author
- Griffith, Sidney Harrison
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691168081
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Christian, Islam, History
- Rating
- 3.62 / 5 (17 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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