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The Bible in Arabic - The Scriptures of the "People of the Book" in the Language of Islam (Paperback)
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The Bible in Arabic - The Scriptures of the "People of the Book" in the Language of Islam (Paperback)
Series: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World
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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 of Islam--and
the Qur'an's appearance as a scripture in its own right--Jews and
Christians translated the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament
into Arabic for their own use and as a response to the Qur'an's
retelling of Biblical narratives. From the ninth century onward, a
steady stream of Jewish and Christian translations of the Hebrew
Bible and New Testament crossed communal borders to influence the
Islamic world. The Bible in Arabic offers a new frame of reference
for the pivotal place of Arabic Bible translations in the religious
and cultural interactions between Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
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